From:	 "J . A . Magallon" <jamagallon@able.es>
To:	 Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: temperature standard - global config option?
Date:	 Wed, 6 Jun 2001 21:26:27 +0200
Cc:	 "David N . Welton" <davidw@apache.org>,
	 linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org


On 06.06 Alan Cox wrote:
> > notice that in some places, Fahrenheit is used, and in some places,
> > Celsius.  It would seem logical to me to have a global config option,
> > so that you *know* that you talk devices either in F or C.
> 
> The spec is farenheit

Kernel is worldwide, should not use anlo-saxon shifted units. Use the
International System of Units (SI)
http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/units.html

Temperature measures in kelvins.

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