Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 Apr 2002 14:02:00 -0500 (CDT) | From | Oliver Xymoron <> | Subject | Re: [linux-usb-devel] Re: [BK PATCH] USB device support for 2.5.8 (take 2) |
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On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> A "USB device driver" is driver for the mouse/scanner/whatever, ie the > _other_ end, and that's that. Claiming anything else is just confusing and > silly. > > Since we're talking about the other end of a "host" driver, "client" makes > sense - in computers, I've always seen "client" as the reverse of the > "host", but maybe that's just me. Outside of computers, "guest" seems to > be the proper antonym, but that just strikes me as bizarre (a "USB guest > driver"?)
Client isn't quite right, as it may imply the other end is 'server'. And you can certainly think of a USB drive as a 'server' of disk data. Target is a SCSIism that's too obscure. I suggest 'slave' or a politically correct variant thereof.
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