* @spmic:             SPMI controller object
  * @apid_to_ppid:      in-memory copy of APID -> PPID mapping table.
  * @ver_ops:           version dependent operations.
- * @ppid_to_chan       in-memory copy of PPID -> channel (APID) mapping table.
+ * @ppid_to_apid       in-memory copy of PPID -> channel (APID) mapping table.
  *                     v2 only.
  */
 struct spmi_pmic_arb {
        struct spmi_controller  *spmic;
        u16                     *apid_to_ppid;
        const struct pmic_arb_ver_ops *ver_ops;
-       u16                     *ppid_to_chan;
-       u16                     last_channel;
-       u8                      *chan_to_owner;
+       u16                     *ppid_to_apid;
+       u16                     last_apid;
+       u8                      *apid_to_owner;
 };
 
 /**
        return 0;
 }
 
-static u16 pmic_arb_find_chan(struct spmi_pmic_arb *pa, u16 ppid)
+static u16 pmic_arb_find_apid(struct spmi_pmic_arb *pa, u16 ppid)
 {
        u32 regval, offset;
-       u16 chan;
+       u16 apid;
        u16 id;
 
        /*
         * PMIC_ARB_REG_CHNL is a table in HW mapping channel to ppid.
-        * ppid_to_chan is an in-memory invert of that table.
+        * ppid_to_apid is an in-memory invert of that table.
         */
-       for (chan = pa->last_channel; chan < pa->max_periph; chan++) {
+       for (apid = pa->last_apid; apid < pa->max_periph; apid++) {
                regval = readl_relaxed(pa->cnfg +
-                                     SPMI_OWNERSHIP_TABLE_REG(chan));
-               pa->chan_to_owner[chan] = SPMI_OWNERSHIP_PERIPH2OWNER(regval);
+                                     SPMI_OWNERSHIP_TABLE_REG(apid));
+               pa->apid_to_owner[apid] = SPMI_OWNERSHIP_PERIPH2OWNER(regval);
 
-               offset = PMIC_ARB_REG_CHNL(chan);
+               offset = PMIC_ARB_REG_CHNL(apid);
                if (offset >= pa->core_size)
                        break;
 
                        continue;
 
                id = (regval >> 8) & PMIC_ARB_PPID_MASK;
-               pa->ppid_to_chan[id] = chan | PMIC_ARB_CHAN_VALID;
+               pa->ppid_to_apid[id] = apid | PMIC_ARB_CHAN_VALID;
                if (id == ppid) {
-                       chan |= PMIC_ARB_CHAN_VALID;
+                       apid |= PMIC_ARB_CHAN_VALID;
                        break;
                }
        }
-       pa->last_channel = chan & ~PMIC_ARB_CHAN_VALID;
+       pa->last_apid = apid & ~PMIC_ARB_CHAN_VALID;
 
-       return chan;
+       return apid;
 }
 
 
 pmic_arb_mode_v2(struct spmi_pmic_arb *pa, u8 sid, u16 addr, mode_t *mode)
 {
        u16 ppid = (sid << 8) | (addr >> 8);
-       u16 chan;
+       u16 apid;
        u8 owner;
 
-       chan = pa->ppid_to_chan[ppid];
-       if (!(chan & PMIC_ARB_CHAN_VALID))
+       apid = pa->ppid_to_apid[ppid];
+       if (!(apid & PMIC_ARB_CHAN_VALID))
                return -ENODEV;
 
        *mode = 0;
        *mode |= S_IRUSR;
 
-       chan &= ~PMIC_ARB_CHAN_VALID;
-       owner = pa->chan_to_owner[chan];
+       apid &= ~PMIC_ARB_CHAN_VALID;
+       owner = pa->apid_to_owner[apid];
        if (owner == pa->ee)
                *mode |= S_IWUSR;
        return 0;
 }
 
-/* v2 offset per ppid (chan) and per ee */
+/* v2 offset per ppid and per ee */
 static int
 pmic_arb_offset_v2(struct spmi_pmic_arb *pa, u8 sid, u16 addr, u32 *offset)
 {
        u16 ppid = (sid << 8) | (addr >> 8);
-       u16 chan;
+       u16 apid;
 
-       chan = pa->ppid_to_chan[ppid];
-       if (!(chan & PMIC_ARB_CHAN_VALID))
-               chan = pmic_arb_find_chan(pa, ppid);
-       if (!(chan & PMIC_ARB_CHAN_VALID))
+       apid = pa->ppid_to_apid[ppid];
+       if (!(apid & PMIC_ARB_CHAN_VALID))
+               apid = pmic_arb_find_apid(pa, ppid);
+       if (!(apid & PMIC_ARB_CHAN_VALID))
                return -ENODEV;
-       chan &= ~PMIC_ARB_CHAN_VALID;
+       apid &= ~PMIC_ARB_CHAN_VALID;
 
-       *offset = 0x1000 * pa->ee + 0x8000 * chan;
+       *offset = 0x1000 * pa->ee + 0x8000 * apid;
        return 0;
 }
 
                        goto err_put_ctrl;
                }
 
-               pa->ppid_to_chan = devm_kcalloc(&ctrl->dev,
+               pa->ppid_to_apid = devm_kcalloc(&ctrl->dev,
                                                PMIC_ARB_MAX_PPID,
-                                               sizeof(*pa->ppid_to_chan),
+                                               sizeof(*pa->ppid_to_apid),
                                                GFP_KERNEL);
-               if (!pa->ppid_to_chan) {
+               if (!pa->ppid_to_apid) {
                        err = -ENOMEM;
                        goto err_put_ctrl;
                }
 
-               pa->chan_to_owner = devm_kcalloc(&ctrl->dev,
+               pa->apid_to_owner = devm_kcalloc(&ctrl->dev,
                                                 pa->max_periph,
-                                                sizeof(*pa->chan_to_owner),
+                                                sizeof(*pa->apid_to_owner),
                                                 GFP_KERNEL);
-               if (!pa->chan_to_owner) {
+               if (!pa->apid_to_owner) {
                        err = -ENOMEM;
                        goto err_put_ctrl;
                }