Re: [virtio-dev] [PATCH V6 2/2] virtio-spi: add the device specification
Cornelia Huck <[email protected]>
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On Mon, Dec 04 2023, Haixu Cui <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Huck, > > On 12/1/2023 7:01 PM, Cornelia Huck wrote: >> On Fri, Dec 01 2023, Haixu Cui <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>>> +Note: chipselect is an electrical signal controlled by the SPI controller, used to select the >>>>> +SPI slaves connected to the controller. >>>> >>>> I wonder whether another term is now more commonly used... the Wikipedia >>>> article uses main/sub, is there a term that is usually used together >>>> with "controller"? >>> >>> In Wikipedia, >>> >>> "Historically, this arrangement has been called master/slave. But to >>> avoid referencing slavery, alternative names discussed in § Alternative >>> namings have been used." >>> >>> I am not quite sure if main/sub is widely used, but in latest Linux, >>> still use master/slave but master is gradually replaced by "controller". >>> >>> So I think "controller" here does make sense. What is your suggestion? >> >> "controller" is fine, I'm just wondering if "slave" has started to be >> replaced with something else as well... if it hasn't, we probably need >> to stick with it to avoid confusing readers. >> > > slave is still being used, but it's better to be used along with "master". > > Here I prefer using "SPI peripherals" instead of "SPI slaves". Looking > forward to your advice. Thank you so much. "SPI peripherals" sounds good to me. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]