linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 22/64] i2c: highlander: reword according to newest specification

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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 22:02:13 +0100
From: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@...nel.org>
To: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>
Cc: linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 22/64] i2c: highlander: reword according to newest
 specification

Hi Wolfram,

On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 02:25:15PM +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").

I'm just noticing... what do you mean with client/target? Can you
please be a bit more specific?

If I search through the three documents I find the word "client"
written only once in the i3c document.

> Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>
> ---
>  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-highlander.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-highlander.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-highlander.c
> index 7922bc917c33..ec3546a5178b 100644
> --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-highlander.c
> +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-highlander.c
> @@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ static int highlander_i2c_smbus_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap, u16 addr,
>  	/* Ensure we're in a sane state */
>  	highlander_i2c_done(dev);
>  
> -	/* Set slave address */
> +	/* Set client address */

/client/target/ ?

Andi