From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7FE2BEEB570 for ; Fri, 8 Sep 2023 21:32:33 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:List-Subscribe:List-Help:List-Post: List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:References: Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description: Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID: List-Owner; bh=lyOxMdkcjJFZXvpzaLQaqDKc1YxnF66dCZEw69T/WqQ=; b=WoDT5ADmWmEqbu ODpBk5Cu22camM6HkZ5AJO0fz2hSJDpNmDyJlwIkSHVhPIG5c9knci3NpkDiCSmaLhQ682phTCsog P3I6TSk4Jbb6QKj39k3wQvQOwIyhxLIirJFtWPPCw1eZwl8o73n8vjVEmf63JArIgjeTSlMww67NC 6D6ide/WQyd6jF5WMC7fYnwguKxCSwuPnyucciZb9Nk+EQRZmEwYv4n12V0gJ9wkpGdSSxYHk/VQr 7G9/mWhg7qHl0PhoOCWjx/vuS24K5Ue9BHJH+eXPtJNUuHx4sObfwsyDez0YuoL2W9nD/NBXmqOAM JeP7SHqZNDnoc0kNmXSg==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.96 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1qej5D-00EWAL-2X; Fri, 08 Sep 2023 21:32:07 +0000 Received: from sin.source.kernel.org ([145.40.73.55]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.96 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1qej59-00EW7Q-0M; Fri, 08 Sep 2023 21:32:05 +0000 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by sin.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 71B72CE1C9D; Fri, 8 Sep 2023 21:32:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2F758C433C7; Fri, 8 Sep 2023 21:31:58 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1694208718; bh=jnZW3kJ1q2GcV2pxAvLRxz+0IUuoJxM+MtHeCLvaV3k=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=rL/hXl1JmyCN2+NX3XFRjO3IBjzj3gm/vyTf/yQM/ms1fYHZLLheiBdkAscyPD4ig xEJBQ/sHZdVG/iM0p8OjYq7bcd79OWbtESi4cnpza8CsO0AlxstTVZg+crAliB0M+u sMtzHFoNhDRydKXF6ghbQDeG3lQZH7cQseD/hGy4= Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2023 22:31:55 +0100 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Alan Stern Cc: Sasha Levin , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, Kalle Valo , quic_jjohnson@quicinc.com, nbd@nbd.name, lorenzo@kernel.org, ryder.lee@mediatek.com, matthias.bgg@gmail.com, kuba@kernel.org, srini.raju@purelifi.com, stf_xl@wp.pl, helmut.schaa@googlemail.com, pkshih@realtek.com, corentin.chary@gmail.com, hdegoede@redhat.com, markgross@kernel.org, johannes.berg@intel.com, alexander@wetzel-home.de, error27@gmail.com, szymon.heidrich@gmail.com, gustavoars@kernel.org, lynxis@fe80.eu, daniel@makrotopia.org, arnd@arndb.de, shayne.chen@mediatek.com, keescook@chromium.org, tglx@linutronix.de, pabeni@redhat.com, rostedt@goodmis.org, jacob.e.keller@intel.com, ath10k@lists.infradead.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, ath11k@lists.infradead.org, ath12k@lists.infradead.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org, acpi4asus-user@lists.sourceforge.net, platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.5 43/45] Fix nomenclature for USB and PCI wireless devices Message-ID: <2023090838-slurp-tilt-c7c4@gregkh> References: <20230908181327.3459042-1-sashal@kernel.org> <20230908181327.3459042-43-sashal@kernel.org> <0d2ddf90-2334-4d0c-9f63-018c150e06a9@rowland.harvard.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <0d2ddf90-2334-4d0c-9f63-018c150e06a9@rowland.harvard.edu> X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20230908_143203_519861_1CF5A6F8 X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 18.60 ) X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org 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 > > > > [ 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 > > Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman > > Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/57da7c80-0e48-41b5-8427-884a02648f55@rowland.harvard.edu > > Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin > > > 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 _______________________________________________ linux-arm-kernel mailing list linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel