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Message-ID: <5181b1e8-032d-473b-92f3-0402bebad1b4@linux.microsoft.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2024 10:38:23 -0700
From: Easwar Hariharan <eahariha@...ux.microsoft.com>
To: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@...ux.intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v0 02/14] drm/amdgpu,drm/radeon: Make I2C terminology more
 inclusive

On 3/29/2024 10:28 AM, Easwar Hariharan wrote:
> On 3/29/2024 10:16 AM, Andi Shyti wrote:
>> Hi Easwar,
>>

<snip>

>>
>> 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.
> 
> I had the impression that remote targets (i.e external to the device) were to be called clients,
> e.g. the QSFP FRUs in drivers/infiniband, and internal ones targets.
> I chose the terminology according to that understanding, but now I can't find where I got that
> information.
> 
> Thanks,
> Easwar

Ah, it was in Wolfram's individual commit messages "They are also more specific because we distinguish now between a remote
entity ("client") and a local one ("target")."

Thanks,
Easwar

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