Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 27 Mar 2003 17:23:39 -0500 | From | "Mark M. Hoffman" <> | Subject | Re: lm sensors sysfs file structure |
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* Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> [2003-03-27 13:53:44 -0800]: > On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 09:32:46PM +0100, Jan Dittmer wrote: > > Greg KH wrote: > > > > >fan_min[1-3] Fan minimum value > > >in_min[0-8] Voltage min value. > > >pwn[1-3] Pulse width modulation fan control. > > >temp_input[1-3] Temperature input value. > > Why not start all these counts from 0? Is there any reason to start from > > 1? Historical reasons or does the datasheet start the counting from 1? > > Hm, good point. It looks like most of the values started at 1, with the > one exception being the voltage files "in". > > I don't know why it's this way, history? Perhaps someone from the > sensors project can tell us.
Hardware designers tend to count devices starting with "1". Silly them. :)
Regards,
-- Mark M. Hoffman mhoffman@lightlink.com
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