Re: Configure.help editorial policy

Riley Williams
2001-12-27T21:42:33Z

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.