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 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD425C433DF for ; Mon, 6 Jul 2020 10:22:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8CA320760 for ; Mon, 6 Jul 2020 10:22:59 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1594030979; bh=hyubO64upSNhqMywGjKfEDtfPQCLU+NfTnStguiiInQ=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=vYNLwoY0aNMfHzYwZrJsSY7+wHJHkxPJ9Pa1hZynTiEGCvSLQ4mgg82K1Fb7QvBA+ 08nDq/yXFTsbxSa8FwrdyCx8rBoQsciCumT9K4zDzn0VhRrrrfdUb4f1n8s2se2XI3 biSK9nyLQNlJbm9T2cqRrW4MWsjrIqHzyZFD6gR4= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728848AbgGFKW6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Jul 2020 06:22:58 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:49326 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728578AbgGFKW6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Jul 2020 06:22:58 -0400 Received: from localhost (83-86-89-107.cable.dynamic.v4.ziggo.nl [83.86.89.107]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3834720739; Mon, 6 Jul 2020 10:22:57 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1594030977; bh=hyubO64upSNhqMywGjKfEDtfPQCLU+NfTnStguiiInQ=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=H4G5rNnJWpkPLV7AlSxzZjB4OL/dkUxu4G2J3uDie1OFt2hgg4W+EoO2DFQTwNTP2 44OhXBEGR0OXw7WB4966lqDNIa3Il4jASWf2p4v/3GYBEv50TfM06jQgqUNNEZ/zYO ucyO/bNVvwYYAQpaQdrBfkr9cYGkIFT3bGPnJRpE= Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2020 12:22:54 +0200 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: NeilBrown , ksummit , Linux Kernel Mailing List , tech-board-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org, Chris Mason Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [PATCH] CodingStyle: Inclusive Terminology Message-ID: <20200706102254.GA10206@kroah.com> References: <159389297140.2210796.13590142254668787525.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com> <87h7ul15le.fsf@notabene.neil.brown.name> <20200706072221.GA1947246@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jul 06, 2020 at 09:53:55AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 9:22 AM Greg Kroah-Hartman > wrote: > > look at the USB spec for an example of these terms being used in this > > way for many decades. > > And when does the "gadget" enter the show? ;-) It doesn't, as the USB spec does not describe that in any reasonable way for us to use when dealing with drivers for both "types" of devices. So we came up with the word "gadget" on purpose to be able to talk about those things in a specific manner. thanks, greg k-h