Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 6 Jun 2001 12:01:25 -0700 (PDT) | From | "Dr. Kelsey Hudson" <> | Subject | Re: temperature standard - global config option? |
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On 6 Jun 2001, David N. Welton wrote:
> > [ please CC replies to me ] > > 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. > > I searched the archives for discussions regarding this, but didn't > find anything, apologies if I missed something.
If something is done, Celsius should be default (as the US is brain-dead like that; nearly everywhere else uses Celsius as the standard) and fahrenheit as an option.
I wrote a patch for the 'sensors' utility in lm_sensors that did just that; supplied fahrenheit conversion for the sensors via a commandline option. Perhaps there could be a config option in the kernel (or a proc entry/ioctl?) that controls this.
Kelsey Hudson khudson@ctica.com Software Engineer Compendium Technologies, Inc (619) 725-0771 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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