linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] Re: Battery class driver.

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Message-Id: <1162302686.31012.47.camel@frg-rhel40-em64t-03>
Date:	Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:51:26 +0100
From:	Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@...e.fr>
To:	Shem Multinymous <multinymous@...il.com>
Cc:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>, davidz@...hat.com,
	Richard Hughes <hughsient@...il.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	devel@...top.org, sfr@...b.auug.org.au, len.brown@...el.com,
	greg@...ah.com, benh@...nel.crashing.org,
	linux-thinkpad mailing list <linux-thinkpad@...ux-thinkpad.org>,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Re: Battery class driver.

On Tue, 2006-10-31 at 15:42 +0200, Shem Multinymous wrote:
> > >Jean, what's your opinion on letting hwmon-ish attributes specify
> > >units as "%d %s" where these are hardware-dependent?
> >
> > I fail to see any benefit in doing so, while I see several problems (see
> > above) and potential for confusion. So my opinion is: please don't do
> > that.
> 
> Well, we have to do *something* about those devices that don't have
> fixed units (see my mail to Greg from a few minutes ago), so which
> alternative do you prefer?

How about converting on the fly ?

	Xav

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