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    SubjectRe: temperature standard - global config option?
    On 6 Jun 2001, David N. Welton wrote:

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    > [ 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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