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Re: [PATCH] Fix nomenclature for USB and PCI wireless devices

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Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> A mouse that uses a USB connection is called a "USB mouse" device (or
> "USB mouse" for short), not a "mouse USB" device.  By analogy, a WiFi
> adapter that connects to the host computer via USB is a "USB wireless"
> device, not a "wireless USB" device.  (The latter term more properly
> refers to a defunct Wireless USB specification, which described a
> technology for sending USB protocol messages over an ultra wideband
> radio link.)
> 
> Similarly for a WiFi adapter card that plugs into a PCIe slot: It is a
> "PCIe wireless" device, not a "wireless PCIe" device.
> 
> Rephrase the text in the kernel source where the word ordering is
> wrong.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied to wireless-next.git, thanks.

5d7cf67f72ae Fix nomenclature for USB and PCI wireless devices

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/57da7c80-0e48-41b5-8427-884a02648f55@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches




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