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

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On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 11:48:14PM -0800, Sarah A Sharp wrote:
> 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).

OK, that non-beginning characteristic sort of makes a difference.

> > 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.

Why, it's a nice twist methinks :)
(with nice potential string handling quirks waiting on the firmware side...)

> Sarah Sharp

Andreas Mohr
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