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

From: Pali RohÃr
Date: Tue Dec 09 2014 - 15:39:39 EST


On Tuesday 09 December 2014 21:23:04 Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 09:06:59PM +0100, Pali RohÃr 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 RohÃr <pali.rohar@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > 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.

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Pali RohÃr
pali.rohar@xxxxxxxxx

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