Re: Minor nit (Re: [RFC 0/8] Allow reset of configured devices under xHCI)

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On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Andreas Mohr <andi@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> minor nit:
>
> why do you call it xHCI and not XHCI?

eXtensible Host Controller Interface (xHCI).  No capital x because it
isn't the beginning of a word in the abbrevation.  They couldn't call
it EHCI because that was already taken (Enhanced Host Controller
Interface).

> xHCI strongly suggests "x", thus "any": i.e. EHCI/OHCU/UHCI (plus, well,
> XHCI :), whereas XHCI would mean... the real thing.
> Just IMHO.
> Although I guess marketing has long made up its mind over that.

Ooh, you'll really love "SuperSpeed" then.  Marketing specifically
wanted the camel case.

Sarah Sharp
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