On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 12:43:48AM +0000, Handrigan, Paul wrote: > > > > >> Electricity > >> ---------------------------------------- > >> -microamp : micro amps > >> +-milliamp : milli amps > > > >Please explain why you need need this. Is 2^32 uA not enough range for > >you? While we do have multiple units for some, that's because people > >picked arbitrary units for their properties before this doc existed. > >Ideally, we only have 1 unit to prevent that problem. > > 2^32 would be enough, however, microamps would not be a good > representation for > this particular entry. For example, if the current limit is 2.1A the > entry will have to be 2100000. Micro amps will not be the best > representation for this value from a scientific notation perspective. > Since the scale is in miiliamps as it is defined in the data sheet of > this device, it will be best to stay consistent since an error in > conversion > could cause serious problems. > > Also, I really don¹t see why adding milliamps and millivolts as being a > major > problems since both of them are commonly used. As I explained, we want to have some uniformity in properties especially across different bindings. That's not something I want to check in every review. Telling people to add units is enough. I don't see how adding '000' is a problem. Rob -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
