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 vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B84C2C001DB for ; Thu, 10 Aug 2023 09:31:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S232919AbjHJJb2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Aug 2023 05:31:28 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:38518 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S232118AbjHJJb2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Aug 2023 05:31:28 -0400 Received: from dfw.source.kernel.org (dfw.source.kernel.org [139.178.84.217]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B349FD1; Thu, 10 Aug 2023 02:31:27 -0700 (PDT) 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 dfw.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4D68C64F5E; Thu, 10 Aug 2023 09:31:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 310DCC433C8; Thu, 10 Aug 2023 09:31:25 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1691659886; bh=JUX0IsKVB3BGt/Yi7I6dUFuvLsEYKbdTWuXM+2O2eYc=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=S7EqxGo3qR2eGkJ8lB/ZAafvQzAGNICLKOljnlUaHYdXoGJcytqszWFnu8Gbf3wFP Dcav5707Yzkz0R2HEH3YWx9q6P+QjxaXRGCMjr4ongNDs3qHvKXNH7XtZ4ngiD0/yW CUD7kqaWuui6gEW7lo914Jv0apUAFZpiU0wCiEuA= Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2023 11:31:23 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Johannes Berg Cc: Alan Stern , USB mailing list , linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix nomenclature for USB and PCI wireless devices Message-ID: <2023081059-omen-hence-c554@gregkh> References: <57da7c80-0e48-41b5-8427-884a02648f55@rowland.harvard.edu> <2023080940-overhand-fondly-7ef7@gregkh> <6f63b0f1764428d400fe512d33957a578629ff04.camel@sipsolutions.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <6f63b0f1764428d400fe512d33957a578629ff04.camel@sipsolutions.net> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Aug 10, 2023 at 11:29:57AM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > On Wed, 2023-08-09 at 10:05 -0400, Alan Stern wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 09, 2023 at 02:16:48PM +0200, Greg KH wrote: > > > On Tue, Aug 08, 2023 at 08:44:48PM -0400, Alan Stern 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 > > > > > > Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman > > > > Can you accept this patch, or should I ask Johannes Berg or Kalle Valo > > to merge it through the wireless subsystem? > > > > Given that it touches pretty much only wireless drivers, I guess we > should take it? For -next, though, so since Kalle usually takes drivers > I'll wait for him to get back. > > But the potential for conflicts seems low too, so I guess either way is > fine. I provided my reviewed-by as I assumed it would go through the wireless or networking tree. Otherwise, yes, I can take it, your choice. thanks, greg k-h