linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v0 02/14] drm/amdgpu,drm/radeon: Make I2C terminology more inclusive

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Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2024 18:16:05 +0100
From: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@...ux.intel.com>
To: Easwar Hariharan <eahariha@...ux.microsoft.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v0 02/14] drm/amdgpu,drm/radeon: Make I2C terminology
 more inclusive

Hi Easwar,

On Fri, Mar 29, 2024 at 05:00:26PM +0000, Easwar Hariharan wrote:
> I2C v7, SMBus 3.2, and I3C specifications have replaced "master/slave"

I don't understand why we forget that i3c is 1.1.1 :-)

> with more appropriate terms. Inspired by and following on to Wolfram's
> series to fix drivers/i2c/[1], fix the terminology for users of
> I2C_ALGOBIT bitbanging interface, now that the approved verbiage exists
> in the specification.

The specification talks about:

 - master -> controller
 - slave -> target (and not client)

But both you and Wolfram have used client. I'd like to reach
some more consistency here.

Thanks,
Andi