From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, efi: print debug values in Kib not MB
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 10:21:26 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <53D92996.1050906@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <53D92700.3040803-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
On 07/30/2014 10:10 AM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>
>> My issue is simply that I'd like to know *exactly* how big each range is and not
>> have it rounded off. Others think that it is easier to read Mib & Gib ...
>
> It is easier to read in MiB or GiB IMHO, but since it is debug info,
> exact is good. It would be even better [more readable] to use commas
> (or periods/dots) to separate it into groups of 3 digits.
>
Arguably the exactness is available in the range...
-hpa
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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com>,
Matt Fleming <matt@console-pimps.org>
Cc: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, lszubowi@redhat.com,
Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
x86@kernel.org, linux-efi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, efi: print debug values in Kib not MB
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 10:21:26 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <53D92996.1050906@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <53D92700.3040803@infradead.org>
On 07/30/2014 10:10 AM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>
>> My issue is simply that I'd like to know *exactly* how big each range is and not
>> have it rounded off. Others think that it is easier to read Mib & Gib ...
>
> It is easier to read in MiB or GiB IMHO, but since it is debug info,
> exact is good. It would be even better [more readable] to use commas
> (or periods/dots) to separate it into groups of 3 digits.
>
Arguably the exactness is available in the range...
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-07-30 17:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-07-29 17:09 [PATCH] x86, efi: print debug values in Kib not MB Prarit Bhargava
2014-07-29 17:09 ` Prarit Bhargava
[not found] ` <1406653761-3884-1-git-send-email-prarit-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2014-07-29 20:29 ` David Rientjes
2014-07-29 20:29 ` David Rientjes
2014-07-29 22:02 ` Joe Perches
2014-07-29 22:05 ` Prarit Bhargava
2014-07-29 22:05 ` Prarit Bhargava
[not found] ` <alpine.DEB.2.02.1407291327450.13073-X6Q0R45D7oAcqpCFd4KODRPsWskHk0ljAL8bYrjMMd8@public.gmane.org>
2014-07-29 22:05 ` Prarit Bhargava
2014-07-29 22:05 ` Prarit Bhargava
2014-07-29 22:29 ` Borislav Petkov
2014-07-29 22:29 ` Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <20140729222932.GA17481-fF5Pk5pvG8Y@public.gmane.org>
2014-07-29 22:32 ` Prarit Bhargava
2014-07-29 22:32 ` Prarit Bhargava
[not found] ` <53D82118.6090202-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2014-07-29 22:36 ` Borislav Petkov
2014-07-29 22:36 ` Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <20140729223603.GC17241-fF5Pk5pvG8Y@public.gmane.org>
2014-07-29 22:42 ` David Rientjes
2014-07-29 22:42 ` David Rientjes
2014-07-29 23:01 ` Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <20140729230102.GD17241-fF5Pk5pvG8Y@public.gmane.org>
2014-07-29 23:03 ` Prarit Bhargava
2014-07-29 23:03 ` Prarit Bhargava
[not found] ` <alpine.DEB.2.02.1407291541480.20991-X6Q0R45D7oAcqpCFd4KODRPsWskHk0ljAL8bYrjMMd8@public.gmane.org>
2014-07-29 23:07 ` Joe Perches
2014-07-29 23:07 ` Joe Perches
2014-07-29 23:44 ` David Rientjes
2014-07-29 23:44 ` David Rientjes
2014-07-29 22:54 ` Prarit Bhargava
2014-07-29 22:54 ` Prarit Bhargava
[not found] ` <53D82623.4080903-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2014-07-30 3:25 ` Steven Noonan
2014-07-30 3:25 ` Steven Noonan
2014-07-30 14:48 ` Matt Fleming
2014-07-30 14:48 ` Matt Fleming
[not found] ` <20140730144803.GB15082-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2014-07-30 15:05 ` Colin Ian King
2014-07-30 15:05 ` Colin Ian King
[not found] ` <53D909C3.9050205-Z7WLFzj8eWMS+FvcfC7Uqw@public.gmane.org>
2014-07-30 17:04 ` Prarit Bhargava
2014-07-30 17:04 ` Prarit Bhargava
2014-07-30 17:10 ` Randy Dunlap
[not found] ` <53D92700.3040803-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
2014-07-30 17:21 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2014-07-30 17:21 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <53D92996.1050906-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2014-07-30 19:58 ` Borislav Petkov
2014-07-30 19:58 ` Borislav Petkov
2014-07-30 20:43 ` Randy Dunlap
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