From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 09:51:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 09:50:51 -0400 Received: from cisco7500-mainGW.gts.cz ([194.213.32.131]:62981 "EHLO bug.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 09:50:40 -0400 Message-ID: <20010606155026.A28950@bug.ucw.cz> Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 15:50:26 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: "David N. Welton" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: temperature standard - global config option? In-Reply-To: <87snhdvln9.fsf@apache.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93i In-Reply-To: <87snhdvln9.fsf@apache.org>; from David N. Welton on Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 02:27:22PM +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > [ 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. Please, don't. Use kelvins *0.1, and use them consistently everywhere. This is what ACPI does, and it is probably right. Pavel -- I'm pavel@ucw.cz. "In my country we have almost anarchy and I don't care." Panos Katsaloulis describing me w.r.t. patents at discuss@linmodems.org