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Date:   Mon, 23 Oct 2023 09:12:42 +0200
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To:     Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@broadcom.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] net: dsa: Use conduit and user terms
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On Wed 2023-10-11 15:20:25, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> Use more inclusive terms throughout the DSA subsystem by moving away
> from "master" which is replaced by "conduit" and "slave" which is
> replaced by "user". No functional changes.

Note that by making it more "inclusive" you make it incomprehensible
for users where english is not their first language.

Plus, "user" already means something else in kernel context, so this
will likely be confusing even for native speakers.

This is wrong.
								Pavel
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