From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Cc: USB mailing list <linux-usb@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix nomenclature for USB and PCI wireless devices
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2023 14:16:48 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2023080940-overhand-fondly-7ef7@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <57da7c80-0e48-41b5-8427-884a02648f55@rowland.harvard.edu>
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 <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-08-09 12:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-08-09 0:44 [PATCH] Fix nomenclature for USB and PCI wireless devices Alan Stern
2023-08-09 12:16 ` Greg KH [this message]
2023-08-09 14:05 ` Alan Stern
2023-08-10 9:29 ` Johannes Berg
2023-08-10 9:31 ` Greg KH
2023-08-10 9:32 ` Johannes Berg
2023-08-25 9:57 ` Kalle Valo
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