From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 13:02:57 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 13:02:57 -0500 Received: from 12-231-249-244.client.attbi.com ([12.231.249.244]:36872 "HELO kroah.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 13:02:56 -0500 Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 10:13:08 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Jan Dittmer Cc: Mark Studebaker , azarah@gentoo.org, KML , Dominik Brodowski , sensors@Stimpy.netroedge.com Subject: Re: lm sensors sysfs file structure Message-ID: <20030327181307.GG32667@kroah.com> References: <1048582394.4774.7.camel@workshop.saharact.lan> <20030325175603.GG15823@kroah.com> <1048705473.7569.10.camel@nosferatu.lan> <3E82024A.4000809@portrix.net> <20030326202622.GJ24689@kroah.com> <3E82292E.536D9196@paradyne.com> <20030326225234.GA27436@kroah.com> <3E82D678.9000807@portrix.net> <20030327172516.GA32667@kroah.com> <3E833D90.4050104@portrix.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3E833D90.4050104@portrix.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 07:06:08PM +0100, Jan Dittmer wrote: > Greg KH wrote: > >>If we're restructuring it, I think we should also agree on _one_ common > >>denominator for all values ie. mVolt and milli-Degree Celsius, so that > >>no userspace program ever again has know how to convert them to > >>user-readable values and every user can just cat the values and doesn't > >>have to wonder if it's centi-Volt, milli-Volt, centi-Degree, dezi-Degree > >>or whatever. > > > >Um, that's what my proposal stated. Do you not agree with it? (You're > >quoting the existing document above, not my proposed changes.) > > I just wanted to emphasis that _all_ units should be milli oder centi. > Not mixing centiDegrees and milliVolts or one driver using milliVolt and > another centiVolt. I agree. > From your description it could well be, that one driver uses centi's > and another milli's, both for voltage or one driver uses milliVolt but > centi-degree. Huh? I said: temp_max[1-3] Temperature max value. Fixed point value in form XXXXX and should be divided by 100 to get degrees Celsius. Read/Write value. Where is the ability to use a different scale from different drivers in that? Anyway, it sounds like we are agreeing here, so I guess I'll go and write up the whole document in the new style and post it for comments. thanks, greg k-h