On 3/29/2024 10:38 AM, Andi Shyti wrote:

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with more appropriate terms. Inspired by and following on to Wolfram's
series to fix drivers/i2c/[1], fix the terminology for users of
I2C_ALGOBIT bitbanging interface, now that the approved verbiage exists
in the specification.

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.

The word "client" does not even appear in the documentation (only
one instance in the i3c document), so that the change is not
related to the document as stated in the commit log. Unless, of
course, I am missing something.

I'm OK with choosing a "customized" naming, but we need to reach
an agreement.

I raised the same question to Wolfram.

Thanks,
Andi

I don't have a preference between using target and client. As I mentioned in the thread fork, my
information came entirely from Wolfram's cover letter and patch messages. I'll follow along with
whatever you and Wolfram settle on.

Thanks,
Easwar