Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Fri, 8 Jun 2001 20:43:06 +0200 | | From | "J . A . Magallon" <> | | Subject | Re: temperature standard - global config option? |
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On 06.08 Michael H. Warfield wrote: > > Actually, the REAL point I was TRYING to make (and doing a really > shabby job of it) is that some of this needs a little dose of reality. > We don't have sensors that are accurate to 1/10 of a K and certainly not > to 1/100 of a K. Knowing the CPU temperature "precise" to .01 K when > the accuracy of the best sensor we are likely to see is no better than > +- 1 K is just about as relevant as negative absolute temperatures.
Lets see, somebody can develop lab equipment (dont think on PTRs or thermistors in common world) that givee 10e-3 precission, and you are just making linux not suitable to control that hardware. Think open. What is the real difference between managing temperatures with a short or a long ?. Is it really needed to fit it in a short ??!!! I would use an unsigned long with fixed point and all done.
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