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

[Guenter Roeck]

On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 09:39:29PM +0100, Pali Rohár wrote:
> On Tuesday 09 December 2014 21:23:04 Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 09:06:59PM +0100, Pali Rohár 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 Rohár <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.
> 
I would not touch the existing code at all.

Guenter
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