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Date:   Wed, 9 Aug 2023 14:16:48 +0200
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
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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>