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 24936C04E69 for ; Thu, 10 Aug 2023 10:10:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231994AbjHJKKO (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Aug 2023 06:10:14 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:59304 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229793AbjHJKKN (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Aug 2023 06:10:13 -0400 Received: from sipsolutions.net (s3.sipsolutions.net [IPv6:2a01:4f8:242:246e::2]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 627F9E0; Thu, 10 Aug 2023 03:10:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=sipsolutions.net; s=mail; h=MIME-Version:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-Type:References:In-Reply-To:Date:Cc:To:From:Subject:Message-ID:Sender :Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-To: Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID; bh=XPH3ccM1WntjRL018LDvln6t5cV6zUeBJ1hbOX8TkwM=; t=1691662212; x=1692871812; b=g4rd5c22FTavcsWQLb4P4tRfHLl4JjPPfZUSFqcyBhqbKFv kn+3zBvFueJ4kTaBqdisiWbNxuwJ1mKlvGxvxr4dV1nxngTL1fCGWyki2bsLPCi4l7lE8gBHApcY9 W63sP56ib+4e7lLJf97qpQqotdPsKD7ny1Y3tfLTWdmGBgQeaYYQvSEyQvNzDhIYI8LyDFNwFEpCW Tack430EvrSHzNkOuqWqeaNXUoo9Q6mi0noNj/TkXkRRUANaHXsw7Dfbt53eqiqBGOuUnAUGyQUqI dL6AuJPl5vp4Z7RHfAVGh58d7C0GoDt9I6sOGnvrJ3WsdzFOOCU7wcHb55tLZ1qw==; Received: by sipsolutions.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_X25519__RSA_PSS_RSAE_SHA256__AES_256_GCM:256) (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1qU1zS-00GSLS-0z; Thu, 10 Aug 2023 11:29:58 +0200 Message-ID: <6f63b0f1764428d400fe512d33957a578629ff04.camel@sipsolutions.net> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix nomenclature for USB and PCI wireless devices From: Johannes Berg To: Alan Stern , Greg KH Cc: USB mailing list , linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2023 11:29:57 +0200 In-Reply-To: References: <57da7c80-0e48-41b5-8427-884a02648f55@rowland.harvard.edu> <2023080940-overhand-fondly-7ef7@gregkh> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Evolution 3.48.4 (3.48.4-1.fc38) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-malware-bazaar: not-scanned Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org 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.) > > >=20 > > > Similarly for a WiFi adapter card that plugs into a PCIe slot: It is = a > > > "PCIe wireless" device, not a "wireless PCIe" device. > > >=20 > > > Rephrase the text in the kernel source where the word ordering is > > > wrong. > > >=20 > > > Signed-off-by: Alan Stern > >=20 > > Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman >=20 > Can you accept this patch, or should I ask Johannes Berg or Kalle Valo= =20 > to merge it through the wireless subsystem? >=20 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. johannes