On Thu, 9 Jun 2016, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> On 6/9/2016 10:31 AM, Roger Quadros wrote:
> 
> >>>>> The OTG core will use struct otg_hcd_ops to interface
> >>>>> with the HCD controller.
> >>>>
> >>>>    Host controller driver (HCD) controller? Maybe just HC? :-)
> >>>
> >>> OK.
> >>
> >>    OTOH, my googling has shown that HCD may stand for both HC driver and 
> >> HC device... The host controller device sounds a bit tautological 
> >> however...
> >
> > Yeah I always meant it to be Host Controller Device :).
> 
>     The question here is more what was meant by the previous Linux USB 
> authors. :-)

I have always used "HCD" to mean Host Controller Driver, and I believe 
that's what other people have done too.

If I want to refer to a Host Controller Device, I would write either
"HC" or "host controller".

Admittedly, this means that struct usb_hcd has a slightly illogical 
name.

Alan Stern

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