On 3/29/2024 10:16 AM, Andi Shyti wrote: > 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 :-) That's because it's a copy-paste error from Wolfram's cover letter. :) I'll update next go-around. > >> 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. Thanks, Easwar
