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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