Re: [virtio-dev] [PATCH V6 2/2] virtio-spi: add the device specification

[Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>]

On Mon, Dec 04 2023, Haixu Cui <quic_haixcui@quicinc.com> wrote:

> Hi Huck,
>
> On 12/1/2023 7:01 PM, Cornelia Huck wrote:
>> On Fri, Dec 01 2023, Haixu Cui <quic_haixcui@quicinc.com> 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.