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On 6/13/2024 12:52 PM, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> 
>>> +Outdated terminology
>>> +--------------------
>>> +
>>> +Historically, controller was named "master" and client was named "slave". These
> 
> Ahhh, while reworking the series I finally saw that I wrote "client" in
> the line above. That was an oversight, it should have been "target", of
> course. Next time, please quote directly below the errornous line, that
> makes it easier for me to understand what we are talking about.
> 
> Nonetheless, the rework is not in vain. I think the texts have gotten a
> tad better.
> 

Apologies, but that one word wasn't the cause of the confusion. It was:

a) "In Linux it is called a **client**", combined with
b) "The general attitude, however, is to use the inclusive terms:
controller and target. Work to switch over the Linux Kernel is on-going."

I'll try to quote better in the future.

Hope that helps,
Easwar