linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: comedi: Capitalize macro name to fix camelcase checkpatch warning

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Message-ID: <20191006213108.GJ26530@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:   Sun, 6 Oct 2019 22:31:08 +0100
From:   Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To:     Jules Irenge <jbi.octave@...il.com>
Cc:     outreachy-kernel@...glegroups.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        olsonse@...ch.edu, hsweeten@...ionengravers.com, abbotti@....co.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: comedi: Capitalize macro name to fix camelcase
 checkpatch warning

On Sun, Oct 06, 2019 at 07:49:03PM +0100, Jules Irenge wrote:

[mA vs. MA]

Table 5.  SI prefixes
Factor	Name 	Symbol
....
10^6	mega	M
....
10^-3	milli	m

Confusing one for another (especially for electrical units) can be...
spectacular.  FYI, 1mA is more or less what you get if you lick
the terminals of a 9V battery; 1MA is about 30 times the current
in typical lightning strike...