lm sensors sysfs file structure

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* Greg KH <greg at kroah.com> [2003-03-27 13:53:44 -0800]:
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 09:32:46PM +0100, Jan Dittmer wrote:
> > Greg KH wrote:
> > 
> > >fan_min[1-3]	Fan minimum value
> > >in_min[0-8]	Voltage min value.
> > >pwn[1-3]	Pulse width modulation fan control.
> > >temp_input[1-3] Temperature input value.
> > Why not start all these counts from 0? Is there any reason to start from 
> > 1? Historical reasons or does the datasheet start the counting from 1?
> 
> Hm, good point.  It looks like most of the values started at 1, with the
> one exception being the voltage files "in".
> 
> I don't know why it's this way, history?  Perhaps someone from the
> sensors project can tell us.

Hardware designers tend to count devices starting with "1".  Silly them. :)

Regards,

-- 
Mark M. Hoffman
mhoffman at lightlink.com



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