Thanks a lot, Sujith!

On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 12:03 PM, Sujith <[email protected]> wrote:
> Tao Jin wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am just curious what htc means in the ath9k_htc code.  When I read
>> the source code, and saw the file names such as hif_usb.c htc_hst.c,
>> etc, I really want to figure out what they mean.
>
> Host Target Communication -  a protocol to interact with the firmware.
>
>> I am a kernel novice.  Are these names kinda standard naming
>> convention in driver development?  or this has to do with the usb
>> chipset used in those wifi usb cards?
>
> HTC is specific to the USB cards supported by ath9k_htc.
>
> Sujith
>
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