From: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.com>
To: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>,
Wireless mailing list <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
USB mailing list <linux-usb@vger.kernel.org>,
PCI mailing list <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Nomenclature for USB-connected WiFi devices
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2023 19:05:40 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b6e48f28-c832-7a05-d05f-e35514bec7b8@suse.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8ce5288f-9ed2-4df9-a0a2-bb46941089fb@rowland.harvard.edu>
On 23.07.23 18:04, Alan Stern wrote:
> If you've got a WiFi device that connects to the host computer via USB,
> do you refer to it as a "wireless USB device" or as a "USB wireless
> device"?
>
> The second would seem to be more logical, by analogy with things like a
> USB mouse or a USB thumbdrive -- we don't say "mouse USB device" or
> "thumbdrive USB device"!
If you are doing this, why not go to USB WiFi? We want to know what
kind of wireless device it is.
Regards
Oliver
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-07-23 17:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-07-23 16:04 Nomenclature for USB-connected WiFi devices Alan Stern
2023-07-23 17:05 ` Oliver Neukum [this message]
2023-07-23 19:55 ` Alan Stern
2023-07-23 20:38 ` Greg KH
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