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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
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Hi!

> > > temperature (RO)
> > >   - show: prints temperature in degrees farenheit
> > 
> > Please, use degrees celsius to keep it consistent with ACPI and
> > lm-sensors.
> 
> The ioctl interface is farenheit and has been since before Linux 2.0
> That may not have been smart but we are stuck with it there at
> least.

Oops, that's bad.

But I believe we should make it celsius in /sys, even if it means
conversion somewhere.

								Pavel

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