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[2620:137:e000::1:20]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id be3-20020a056a001f0300b0068be6d855ebsi2077712pfb.232.2023.09.08.15.08.32; Fri, 08 Sep 2023 15:08:40 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 2620:137:e000::1:20 as permitted sender) client-ip=2620:137:e000::1:20; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 2620:137:e000::1:20 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=NONE sp=NONE dis=NONE) header.from=harvard.edu Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231698AbjIHTnj (ORCPT + 51 others); Fri, 8 Sep 2023 15:43:39 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:55910 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1344546AbjIHTMp (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Sep 2023 15:12:45 -0400 Received: from netrider.rowland.org (netrider.rowland.org [192.131.102.5]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 25DAC12C for ; Fri, 8 Sep 2023 12:12:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 792929 invoked by uid 1000); 8 Sep 2023 15:12:26 -0400 Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2023 15:12:26 -0400 From: Alan Stern To: Sasha Levin Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, Greg Kroah-Hartman , Kalle Valo , quic_jjohnson@quicinc.com, nbd@nbd.name, lorenzo@kernel.org, ryder.lee@mediatek.com, matthias.bgg@gmail.com, kuba@kernel.org, srini.raju@purelifi.com, stf_xl@wp.pl, helmut.schaa@googlemail.com, pkshih@realtek.com, corentin.chary@gmail.com, hdegoede@redhat.com, markgross@kernel.org, johannes.berg@intel.com, alexander@wetzel-home.de, error27@gmail.com, szymon.heidrich@gmail.com, gustavoars@kernel.org, lynxis@fe80.eu, daniel@makrotopia.org, arnd@arndb.de, shayne.chen@mediatek.com, keescook@chromium.org, tglx@linutronix.de, pabeni@redhat.com, rostedt@goodmis.org, jacob.e.keller@intel.com, ath10k@lists.infradead.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, ath11k@lists.infradead.org, ath12k@lists.infradead.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org, acpi4asus-user@lists.sourceforge.net, platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.5 43/45] Fix nomenclature for USB and PCI wireless devices Message-ID: <0d2ddf90-2334-4d0c-9f63-018c150e06a9@rowland.harvard.edu> References: <20230908181327.3459042-1-sashal@kernel.org> <20230908181327.3459042-43-sashal@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20230908181327.3459042-43-sashal@kernel.org> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_BLOCKED,SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on lindbergh.monkeyblade.net Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Sep 08, 2023 at 02:13:24PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote: > From: Alan Stern > > [ Upstream commit 5d7cf67f72ae34d38e090bdfa673da4aefe4048e ] > > 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 > Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman > Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/57da7c80-0e48-41b5-8427-884a02648f55@rowland.harvard.edu > Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Is there any real reason to apply this commit to the -stable kernels? I did not mark it that way when it was submitted, and it doesn't fix any bugs. In fact, aside from updating some module and device description strings, all it does is change a bunch of comments. Does that really fall under the -stable rules for acceptance? Alan Stern