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

Robert Jarzmik robert.jarzmik at free.fr
Mon May 11 13:18:40 PDT 2015


Tony Lindgren <tony at atomide.com> writes:

> * 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>
Acked-by: Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik at free.fr>

Cheers.

-- 
Robert



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