linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/8] [PATCH 2/8] Documentations: dt-bindings: Add a document of PECI adapter driver for Aspeed AST24xx/25xx SoCs

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Message-Id: <OF08D8261E.8F72E5DC-ON0025824B.008218BB-0025824B.008218C6@notes.na.collabserv.com>
Date:   Fri, 9 Mar 2018 23:41:00 +0000
From:   "Milton Miller II" <miltonm@...ibm.com>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:     Jae Hyun Yoo <jae.hyun.yoo@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org, andrew@...n.ch, jdelvare@...e.com,
        arnd@...db.de, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, andrew@...id.au,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, openbmc@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/8] [PATCH 2/8] Documentations: dt-bindings: Add a document
 of PECI adapter driver for Aspeed AST24xx/25xx SoCs

About  03/07/2018 04:12PM in some time zone, Pavel Machek wrote:
>Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/8] [PATCH 2/8] Documentations: dt-bindings:
>Add a document of PECI adapter driver for Aspeed AST24xx/25xx SoCs
>
>Hi!
>
>> >Are these SoCs x86-based?
>> 
>> Yes, these are ARM SoCs. Please see Andrew's answer as well.
>
>Understood, thanks.
>
>> >>+	Read sampling point selection. The whole period of a bit time
>will be
>> >>+	divided into 16 time frames. This value will determine which
>time frame
>> >>+	this controller will sample PECI signal for data read back.
>Usually in
>> >>+	the middle of a bit time is the best.
>> >
>> >English? "This value will determine when this controller"?
>> >
>> 
>> Could I change it like below?:
>> 
>> "This value will determine in which time frame this controller
>samples PECI
>> signal for data read back"
>
>I guess... I'm not native speaker, I guess this could be improved
>some
>more.
>

I agree this wording is still confusing. 

The problem is that the key subject, the time of the sampling, is in the descriptive clause "in which time frame".

"This value will determine the time frame in which the controller will sample"

or perhaps phrase it as saving a specific sample from the over-clock, or a phase of the clock.

>Best regards,
>									Pavel
>
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