linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] units: Add SI metric prefix definitions

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Message-ID: <YL5PjhvfTXhUavSa@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date:   Mon, 7 Jun 2021 19:55:42 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jarkko Nikula <jarkko.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
        Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
        wsa@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] units: Add SI metric prefix definitions

On Mon, Jun 07, 2021 at 09:00:41AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Mon, 2021-06-07 at 18:57 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 07, 2021 at 08:43:02AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2021-06-07 at 18:23 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > > Sometimes it's useful to have well-defined SI metric prefix to be used
> > > > to self-describe the formulas or equations.
> -=
> > > The only use of any of these seems to be:
> > > 
> > > sound/pcmcia/vx/vxp_ops.c:      [VX_MICRO]      = 0x0c,         // MICRO
> > > sound/pcmcia/vx/vxp_ops.c:              vx_outb(chip, MICRO, level);
> > > sound/pcmcia/vx/vxp_ops.c:                      vx_outb(chip, MICRO, vx_compute_mic_level(chip->mic_level));
> > > 
> > > and these vx_outb uses are themselves macros that prepend VX_ to the 2nd arg.
> > 
> > Is it a real issue there?
> 
> No, it's all good.

Thanks for confirming!

So, I will send v3 (I guess tomorrow) with L->UL and LL accordingly.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko