linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/3] units: complement the set of Hz units

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Date:   Tue, 26 Jul 2022 09:49:15 +0000
From:   Dmitry Rokosov <DDRokosov@...rdevices.ru>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/3] units: complement the set of Hz units

Hello Andy,

Thank you for quick review.

On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 11:29:31PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 8:44 PM Dmitry Rokosov <DDRokosov@...rdevices.ru> wrote:
> >
> > Currently, Hz units do not have milli, micro and nano Hz coefficients.
> > Some drivers (IIO especially) use their analogues to calculate
> > appropriate Hz values. This patch includes them to units.h definitions,
> > so they can be used from different kernel places.
> 
> ...
> 
> > +#define NHZ_PER_HZ             1000000000UL
> > +#define UHZ_PER_HZ             1000000UL
> > +#define MHZ_PER_HZ             1000UL
> 
> mHZ perhaps?
> 

I'm afraid it will not have the same view as other HZ units.
Maybe it's better to call mHZ as MILLIHZ? What do you think?

-- 
Thank you,
Dmitry