On 3/29/2024 10:38 AM, Andi Shyti wrote: > Hi, > <snip> > >>>> 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. >> >> 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. > > The word "client" does not even appear in the documentation (only > one instance in the i3c document), so that the change is not > related to the document as stated in the commit log. Unless, of > course, I am missing something. > > I'm OK with choosing a "customized" naming, but we need to reach > an agreement. > > I raised the same question to Wolfram. > > Thanks, > Andi I don't have a preference between using target and client. As I mentioned in the thread fork, my information came entirely from Wolfram's cover letter and patch messages. I'll follow along with whatever you and Wolfram settle on. Thanks, Easwar
