Re: [PATCH v1 02/10] dt-bindings: thermal: Fix a typo in documentation

From: Daniel Lezcano
Date: Fri Aug 31 2018 - 04:14:27 EST


On 25/08/2018 01:24, Eduardo Valentin wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 09, 2018 at 06:02:34PM +0530, Amit Kucheria wrote:
>> c(1) + x(1) was actually meant to be c(1) * x(1).
>>
>> While we're at it, add some brackets to make it nicer to read.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Amit Kucheria <amit.kucheria@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal.txt | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal.txt
>> index cc553f0952c5..751104213d08 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal.txt
>> @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ Optional property:
>> Elem size: one cell the sensors listed in the thermal-sensors property.
>> Elem type: signed Coefficients defaults to 1, in case this property
>> is not specified. A simple linear polynomial is used:
>> - Z = c0 * x0 + c1 + x1 + ... + c(n-1) * x(n-1) + cn.
>> + Z = (c0 * x0) + (c1 * x1) + ... + (c(n-1) * x(n-1)) + cn.
>
> To be honest, I would prefer if this looks like:
> + Z = c0 * x0 + c1 * x1 + ... + c(n-1) * x(n-1) + cn.
>
> The extra bracketing seams unnecessary confusion

I agree, the brackets don't change the computation ordering, they are
pointless.


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