On Sun, 2003-03-23 at 11:21, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Sunday 23 Mar 2003 7:14 pm, Jack Coates wrote:
> > On Sun, 2003-03-23 at 11:02, Gonzalo Avaria wrote:
> 
> > Mar 23 11:01:19 felix sensord:   SYS Temp: 37.1 C (limit = 80.5 C,
> > hysteresis =
> > 69.8 C)
> > Mar 23 11:01:19 felix sensord:   CPU Temp: 34.9 C (limit = 59.9 C,
> > hysteresis =
> > 55.1 C)
> 
> This intrigued me.  Many years ago, when fdds and hdds were much less 
> reliable, I was recommended to test for hysteresis, which was defined to me 
> as even-ness of spin, lack of wobble, I guess.  I was told that the most 
> common cause of fdds failing to read previously written files was that 
> hysteresis had slipped.  Now  here we are, with the same word in a very 
> different context!
> 
> Anne

Sounds like a humorous use of the word in disk context :-) Looks like
there is good grounding for it though:
http://www.lassp.cornell.edu/sethna/hysteresis/WhatIsHysteresis.html

In the lm_sensors context, I think the intent is more closely linked to
hysteria, as it is the threshold at which alarm warnings start.

-- 
Jack Coates
Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...


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