linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 20/64] i2c: fsi: reword according to newest specification

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Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 21:08:47 +0100
From: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@...nel.org>
To: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>
Cc: linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, Eddie James <eajames@...ux.ibm.com>, 
	openbmc@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 20/64] i2c: fsi: reword according to newest specification

Hi Wolfram,

On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 02:25:13PM +0100, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> Match the wording of this driver wrt. the newest I2C v7, SMBus 3.2, I3C
> specifications and replace "master/slave" with more appropriate terms.
> They are also more specific because we distinguish now between a remote
> entity ("client") and a local one ("target").
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>
> ---
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-fsi.c | 56 ++++++++++++++++++------------------
>  1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-fsi.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-fsi.c
> index 10332693edf0..5eaf2c85a72c 100644
> --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-fsi.c
> +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-fsi.c
> @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
>  // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
>  /*
> - * FSI-attached I2C master algorithm
> + * FSI-attached I2C controller algorithm

As this change is all about renaming, I think we need to be a bit
more consistent in using either host or controller, at least
within the same driver.

In this driver you are using sometimes host and sometimes
controller.

Thanks,
Andi