From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from linux.microsoft.com (linux.microsoft.com [13.77.154.182]) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAB486E5ED; Thu, 13 Jun 2024 19:57:38 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=13.77.154.182 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1718308663; cv=none; b=MtC6wn/GxS5hARNwqtMoZnc5DbMqfzppC3aTjnqnZH2/0hDmQRDKZn/mr8KRgrp1AmfKSDnnrx5F3zoL85alYIXDSlNX7DWr4wiirxiMgLu85BJGstlb/EesYYSOVAXBinUnrRR/m4Mx4H5br1h9WfLdNg5mRbqoRxRITlf2mq0= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1718308663; c=relaxed/simple; bh=10Up4pLQbh1sTowpv00CDu7qpTRbGCdLV8pYCsnjQBA=; h=Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:Cc:Subject:To:References:From: In-Reply-To:Content-Type; b=p9JHSSO+jtabYOLpW//vdhV0TfzXPgqk6FfN2OyH3XzwUXK7A/KFNgv3DjFHdoISDSJgQbUYxkGEV37/jy7ZVuju8diP7PBuugkuseZxloDSGUuijVIeQuvUyizy6HITpmtE7D6yHK7VoGAwg4pPWvp54UWJhKWo3yT21LNcw3M= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.microsoft.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linux.microsoft.com; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linux.microsoft.com header.i=@linux.microsoft.com header.b=e+uEZUaY; arc=none smtp.client-ip=13.77.154.182 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.microsoft.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linux.microsoft.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linux.microsoft.com header.i=@linux.microsoft.com header.b="e+uEZUaY" Received: from [100.65.161.70] (unknown [20.236.10.129]) by linux.microsoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 597E620B7001; Thu, 13 Jun 2024 12:57:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 linux.microsoft.com 597E620B7001 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linux.microsoft.com; s=default; t=1718308658; bh=smopO76CjEbi8aKHPsSQSJR4k3IP4QqeNesoZuUdTsc=; h=Date:Cc:Subject:To:References:From:In-Reply-To:From; b=e+uEZUaYJTXa1CMu8J+ek2tLxB3DbrjOPFauN51ESnGgjKi+BCzveK1SFnD1pg6lP CiyfQt+TrDAz+a4A15HjRtm/qkXvl9uboXPwq86t9D4n1cyjF9yMASJB/K8hzAEAcn EgEcL5yxBxhtPHuTp6gZySdVBl2ZwJw5Hc6BP3Ac= Message-ID: Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 12:57:37 -0700 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cc: eahariha@linux.microsoft.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/6] docs: i2c: summary: document use of inclusive language To: Wolfram Sang , linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org, Andi Shyti , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20240610081023.8118-1-wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com> <20240610081023.8118-5-wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com> <8e051ecf-a355-4aef-bc40-007f9b709ba6@linux.microsoft.com> Content-Language: en-US From: Easwar Hariharan In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 6/13/2024 12:52 PM, Wolfram Sang wrote: > >>> +Outdated terminology >>> +-------------------- >>> + >>> +Historically, controller was named "master" and client was named "slave". These > > Ahhh, while reworking the series I finally saw that I wrote "client" in > the line above. That was an oversight, it should have been "target", of > course. Next time, please quote directly below the errornous line, that > makes it easier for me to understand what we are talking about. > > Nonetheless, the rework is not in vain. I think the texts have gotten a > tad better. > Apologies, but that one word wasn't the cause of the confusion. It was: a) "In Linux it is called a **client**", combined with b) "The general attitude, however, is to use the inclusive terms: controller and target. Work to switch over the Linux Kernel is on-going." I'll try to quote better in the future. Hope that helps, Easwar