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| author | Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> | 2023-08-08 20:44:48 -0400 |
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| committer | Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org> | 2023-08-25 12:56:49 +0300 |
| commit | 5d7cf67f72ae34d38e090bdfa673da4aefe4048e (patch) | |
| tree | 7678e5df42a3b65a7e9ba7dd6607d9cca6522605 /drivers/net/wireless/ralink | |
| parent | 8da1985ff75226fd758ef379f9dd98986c811704 (diff) | |
| download | lwn-5d7cf67f72ae34d38e090bdfa673da4aefe4048e.tar.gz lwn-5d7cf67f72ae34d38e090bdfa673da4aefe4048e.zip | |
Fix nomenclature for USB and PCI wireless devices
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>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/57da7c80-0e48-41b5-8427-884a02648f55@rowland.harvard.edu
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/ralink')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/Kconfig | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/Kconfig index dcccc290a7f5..d1fd66d44a7e 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/Kconfig @@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ config RT2800USB_RT35XX config RT2800USB_RT3573 bool "rt2800usb - Include support for rt3573 devices (EXPERIMENTAL)" help - This enables support for RT3573 chipset based wireless USB devices + This enables support for RT3573 chipset based USB wireless devices in the rt2800usb driver. config RT2800USB_RT53XX |