Messages in this thread | | | From | Wes Felter <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] Define sysfs interfaces for ibmaem driver | Date | Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:55:52 -0500 |
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Jean Delvare wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:36:46 -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
>> +energy[1-*]_input Instantaneous energy use > > This doesn't make sense to me. Energy is a quantity, it exists > independently of time. An "instantaneous energy use" only makes sense > if you tell in what (presumably very small) amount of time the energy > was used... and then what you are measuring is not an energy but a > power, for which we already have an interface. Please clarify.
I agree. May I suggest "cumulative energy use"?
Wes Felter - wesley@felter.org
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