On Fri 2014-03-07 11:04:59, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 6:01 PM, Pavel Machek <pa...@ucw.cz> wrote:
> > On Thu 2014-02-27 21:08:01, Linus Walleij wrote:
> >> On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 6:53 AM, Jenny TC <jenny...@intel.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > +++ b/include/linux/power/power_supply_charger.h
> >>
> >> > +#define MAX_CUR_VOLT_SAMPLES 3
> >> > +#define DEF_CUR_VOLT_SAMPLE_JIFF (30*HZ)
> >>
> >> Why are things defined in Jiffies like this insead of seconds, milliseconds
> >> etc? This will vary with the current operating frequency of the system,
> >> why should physical measurements do that?
> >
> > It is actually ok. The define is relative to jiffies, and that's what
> > interface expects.
>
> So consider the option that the interface is wrong.
>
> Stating something like a sample period in system-specific jiffies
> instead of period time T is just weird. What control systems
> guy would understand this?
30*HZ means 30 seconds in the kernel... what is hard to understand
about it?
Pavel
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