linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] i8k: cosmetic: distinguish between fan speed and fan rpm

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Date:	Tue, 9 Dec 2014 21:39:29 +0100
From:	Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
To:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	"Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>,
	Gabriele Mazzotta <gabriele.mzt@...il.com>,
	Steven Honeyman <stevenhoneyman@...il.com>,
	Jochen Eisinger <jochen@...guin-breeder.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] i8k: cosmetic: distinguish between fan speed and fan rpm

On Tuesday 09 December 2014 21:23:04 Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 09:06:59PM +0100, Pali Rohár wrote:
> > Driver mix speed and rpm. Fan speed is value (0, 1, 2) which
> > is used for configuring fan. This patch change comments,
> > function names and other definitions so code should be
> > unambiguous now.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
> > ---
> > This patch is cosmetic and does not bring any change to
> > code.
> 
> For me "speed" and "rpm" are synonyms. So you are not really
> clarifying anything. If anything, you make the code even more
> confusing.
> 
> Guenter

Ok, what do you want to use instead "speed" and "rpm" to make it 
clear? We have function which returns RPM and other functions 
which get/set fan speed value (which is 0, 1 or 2). And new 
function (from patch 2) returns nominal RPM for fan speed value.

-- 
Pali Rohár
pali.rohar@...il.com

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