Messages in this thread |  | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | | Subject | Re: temperature standard - global config option? | | Date | 9 Jun 2001 01:43:42 -0700 |
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Followup to: <200106090800.f5980i101507@saturn.cs.uml.edu> By author: "Albert D. Cahalan" <acahalan@cs.uml.edu> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > I hope you don't think people would assume that a "float" always > has useful data in all 23 fraction bits. It is a similar case. > > So here you go, a kernel-safe conversion from C to K. It works > from 0 to 238 degrees C. Print as hex, so user code can toss it > into a union or maybe abuse scanf. Adjust as needed for F to K > or for hardware with greater resolution. >
I hope you're not seriously suggesting we're using floats for this...
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