[PATCH] Show proper respect for Heinrich Hertz by using the correct unit for frequency

Tony Lindgren tony at atomide.com
Mon May 11 12:08:48 PDT 2015


* Russell King - ARM Linux <linux at arm.linux.org.uk> [150511 06:23]:
> The SI unit of frequency is Hertz, named after Heinrich Hertz, and is
> given the symbol "Hz" to denote this.  "hz" is not the unit of frequency,
> and is in fact meaningless.
> 
> Fix arch/arm to correctly use "Hz", thereby acknowledging Heinrich Hertz
> contribution to the modern world.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel at arm.linux.org.uk>

Acked-by: Tony Lindgren <tony at atomide.com>



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