Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 6 Jun 2001 21:19:54 +0200 | From | "J . A . Magallon" <> | Subject | Re: temperature standard - global config option? |
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On 06.06 john slee wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 02:27:22PM +0200, David N. Welton wrote: > > Perusing the kernel sources while investigating watchdog drivers, I > > notice that in some places, Fahrenheit is used, and in some places, > > Celsius. It would seem logical to me to have a global config option, > > so that you *know* that you talk devices either in F or C. > > celsius is probably a sensible default - lots of the world uses it now. >
Problem is decimals and floating point... I suppose kernel people would prefer whatever, but suited to get full intXX_t range, say ºC/10. And if you do not want signs, centi-kelvin is the better choice:xxx.xx, five digits, a short goes to 655-273=382 ºC-
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