Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 6 Jun 2001 22:42:04 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: temperature standard - global config option? |
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Hi!
> > Please, don't. > > > > Use kelvins *0.1, and use them consistently everywhere. This is what > > ACPI does, and it is probably right. > > I'm sorry, by I don't feel like adding 273 to every number I get just to > find the temperature of something. What I would do is give configuration > options to choose the default (Celsius/centigrade, Kelvin, or [shudder] > Fahrenheit) then, when you need to print or output a temperature, send it > off to a common converter function so you don't repeat core all over the > place.
No. Sorry. Create nice tool to display info for you. We are talking about output from kernel. It *must not* be configurable. Or do you want your programs to read 58 from /proc/acpi/thermal/1/status and then reading /proc/units to see if it is celsius or farenhait.
ACPI is already using 0.1*K, so everything should use that to be consistent. Pavel -- The best software in life is free (not shareware)! Pavel GCM d? s-: !g p?:+ au- a--@ w+ v- C++@ UL+++ L++ N++ E++ W--- M- Y- R+ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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