Re: [PATCH -next 1/2] spi: introduce devm_spi_alloc_controller()

[Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de>]

On Wed, Sep 28, 2022 at 12:15:15PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 10:43:08PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 10:24 PM Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> wrote:
> 
> > > Sure, but since the current wrappers use the legacy names this means
> > > that we need new wrappers with more modern names hence there is
> > > something to improve here.
> 
> > So what are the more modern names?
> 
> It's unfortunately not 100% clear, and our use of controller for the
> generic thing gets in the way a bit.  There was some stuff from one of
> the open source hardware groups recently that tried to propose new names
> but I'm not immediately finding it.  "host" and "target" would probably
> do the trick?

Perhaps you mean that one?

https://www.oshwa.org/a-resolution-to-redefine-spi-signal-names/

Looks like they're replacing master with controller and
slave with peripheral.  Pity, we're using controller as
an umbrella term for either one of them.

Renaming that will lead to an awful lot of churn. :(

Thanks,

Lukas