On Fri, Sep 08, 2023 at 03:12:26PM -0400, Alan Stern wrote: > On Fri, Sep 08, 2023 at 02:13:24PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote: > > From: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > [ Upstream commit 5d7cf67f72ae34d38e090bdfa673da4aefe4048e ] > > > > 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> > > Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/57da7c80-0e48-41b5-8427-884a02648f55@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > Is there any real reason to apply this commit to the -stable kernels? > I did not mark it that way when it was submitted, and it doesn't fix > any bugs. In fact, aside from updating some module and device > description strings, all it does is change a bunch of comments. > > Does that really fall under the -stable rules for acceptance? Not really, this is just documentation, it should be dropped from the autosel queues. thanks, greg k-h
