linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] Define sysfs interfaces for ibmaem driver

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Date:	Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:55:52 -0500
From:	Wes Felter <wesley@...ter.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	lm-sensors@...sensors.org
Subject:  Re: [PATCH 1/2] Define sysfs interfaces for ibmaem driver

Jean Delvare wrote:

> On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:36:46 -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:

>> +energy[1-*]_input		Instantaneous energy use
> 
> This doesn't make sense to me. Energy is a quantity, it exists
> independently of time. An "instantaneous energy use" only makes sense
> if you tell in what (presumably very small) amount of time the energy
> was used... and then what you are measuring is not an energy but a
> power, for which we already have an interface. Please clarify.

I agree. May I suggest "cumulative energy use"?

Wes Felter - wesley@...ter.org

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