Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 27 Dec 2001 16:42:33 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 27 Dec 2001 16:42:24 -0500 Received: from mail3.svr.pol.co.uk ([195.92.193.19]:14196 "EHLO mail3.svr.pol.co.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 27 Dec 2001 16:42:13 -0500 Posted-Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 21:42:04 GMT Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 21:42:04 +0000 (GMT) From: Riley Williams Reply-To: Riley Williams To: Kai Henningsen cc: Linux Kernel Subject: Re: Configure.help editorial policy In-Reply-To: <8FeKi-zXw-B@khms.westfalen.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Kai. > rhw@MemAlpha.cx (Riley Williams) wrote on 26.12.01... >> Symbol Designation Number of Bytes >> ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> KiB Decimal Kilobyte 1,000 >> KB Binary Kilobyte 1,024 >> >> MiB Decimal Megabyte 1,000,000 >> MB Binary Megabyte 1,048,576 >> >> GiB Decimal Gigabyte 1,000,000,000 >> GB Binary Gigabyte 1,073,741,824 >> >> TiB Decimal Terabyte 1,000,000,000,000 >> TB Binary Terabyte 1,099,511,627,776 > Uh, that's all wrong. The "i" versions are *binary*, the non-"i" > versions are *decimal*. Completely backward. No problem. Just swap the relevant labels over in the first column. As far as the tweak I proposed (and which I've finished creating for `make config` and have nearly finished for `make menuconfig` as well), the whole entry, along with that for any other "Technical Acronyms" (TM) that one wishes to define in the same way, are simple entries at the top of Configure.help and can easily be edited by anybody willing to apply fingers to keycaps. The only question I'm really interested in hearing answers to is this: What other acronyms used in Configure.help could use defining in this manner for kernel newbies? Any takers willing to supply both the acronym and a definition thereof? Best wishes from Riley. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/