[U-Boot] [PATCH] cmd_sf: rename "speed" to "hz"

Mike Frysinger vapier at gentoo.org
Mon Dec 22 09:49:56 CET 2008


On Friday 12 December 2008 02:22:16 Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> In message <200812112130.02918.vapier at gentoo.org> you wrote:
> > > > -#ifndef CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_SPEED
> > > > -# define CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_SPEED	1000000
> > > > +#ifndef CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_HZ
> > > > +# define CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_HZ	1000000
> > >
> > > I consider "FREQ" (and even "SPEED) a much better name than "HZ".
> > >
> > > "HZ" is the unit of what you are measuring, not a name for what you
> > > are measuring.
> >
> > then they should all be converted.  not 90% using hz and 10% using
> > something
>
> Agreed.
>
> > else.  "speed" is bad as it doesnt convey the unit while "hz" is pretty
> > clear.
>
> You are right, but that could be mentioned in the documentation
> then...

that seems silly to me.  we can either have self-explaining defines, or 
confusing ones which requires people to read the documentation to figure out ?
-mike
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