From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] cmd_sf: rename "speed" to "hz"
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:49:56 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200812220349.57529.vapier@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081212072216.500508356961@gemini.denx.de>
On Friday 12 December 2008 02:22:16 Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> In message <200812112130.02918.vapier@gentoo.org> you wrote:
> > > > -#ifndef CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_SPEED
> > > > -# define CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_SPEED 1000000
> > > > +#ifndef CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_HZ
> > > > +# define CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_HZ 1000000
> > >
> > > I consider "FREQ" (and even "SPEED) a much better name than "HZ".
> > >
> > > "HZ" is the unit of what you are measuring, not a name for what you
> > > are measuring.
> >
> > then they should all be converted. not 90% using hz and 10% using
> > something
>
> Agreed.
>
> > else. "speed" is bad as it doesnt convey the unit while "hz" is pretty
> > clear.
>
> You are right, but that could be mentioned in the documentation
> then...
that seems silly to me. we can either have self-explaining defines, or
confusing ones which requires people to read the documentation to figure out ?
-mike
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-12-11 22:28 [U-Boot] [PATCH] cmd_sf: rename "speed" to "hz" Mike Frysinger
2008-12-11 23:59 ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-12-12 2:30 ` Mike Frysinger
2008-12-12 7:22 ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-12-22 8:49 ` Mike Frysinger [this message]
2008-12-13 18:02 ` Jerry Van Baren
2009-01-06 13:03 ` Haavard Skinnemoen
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