[PATCH v0 02/14] drm/amdgpu, drm/radeon: Make I2C terminology more inclusive
Easwar Hariharan
eahariha at linux.microsoft.com
Fri Mar 29 17:38:23 UTC 2024
On 3/29/2024 10:28 AM, Easwar Hariharan wrote:
> On 3/29/2024 10:16 AM, Andi Shyti wrote:
>> Hi Easwar,
>>
<snip>
>>
>> The specification talks about:
>>
>> - master -> controller
>> - slave -> target (and not client)
>>
>> But both you and Wolfram have used client. I'd like to reach
>> some more consistency here.
>
> I had the impression that remote targets (i.e external to the device) were to be called clients,
> e.g. the QSFP FRUs in drivers/infiniband, and internal ones targets.
> I chose the terminology according to that understanding, but now I can't find where I got that
> information.
>
> Thanks,
> Easwar
Ah, it was in Wolfram's individual commit messages "They are also more specific because we distinguish now between a remote
entity ("client") and a local one ("target")."
Thanks,
Easwar
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