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From: Riley Williams <rhw@MemAlpha.cx>
To: Kai Henningsen <kaih@khms.westfalen.de>
Cc: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Configure.help editorial policy
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 21:42:04 +0000 (GMT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0112272136210.3044-100000@Consulate.UFP.CX> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8FeKi-zXw-B@khms.westfalen.de>

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.


  reply	other threads:[~2001-12-27 21:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 347+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-12-20 19:32 Configure.help editorial policy Eric S. Raymond
2001-12-20 20:27 ` Reid Hekman
2001-12-20 20:23   ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-12-22  0:04     ` Rob Landley
2001-12-20 22:41   ` Mike Eldridge
2001-12-21 15:47   ` Matthias Andree
2001-12-20 22:49 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2001-12-20 23:31 ` David Garfield
2001-12-20 23:52   ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-12-21  0:20     ` Tom Rini
2001-12-21 13:01     ` Configure.help editorial policy (H20 and K2B) Timothy Covell
2001-12-21 19:56       ` Timothy Covell
2001-12-21 18:43   ` Configure.help editorial policy David Garfield
2001-12-21 18:40     ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-12-21 19:18       ` Benjamin LaHaise
2001-12-21 20:09         ` Oliver Xymoron
2001-12-21 23:03           ` Jeff Mcadams
2001-12-27 10:35             ` Kai Henningsen
2001-12-21 20:10         ` Chris Wedgwood
2001-12-21 20:31           ` Benjamin LaHaise
2001-12-21 20:36             ` Rik van Riel
2001-12-21 20:47               ` Benjamin LaHaise
2001-12-21 21:00                 ` Chris Wedgwood
2001-12-21 21:06                   ` Rik van Riel
2001-12-21 21:10                   ` Benjamin LaHaise
2001-12-21 21:33                     ` Thomas Dodd
2001-12-21 22:05                       ` Nicholas Knight
2001-12-22  0:07                     ` Oliver Xymoron
2001-12-22  0:27                       ` Benjamin LaHaise
2001-12-23 22:46                     ` Cameron Simpson
2001-12-21 20:57             ` Chris Wedgwood
2001-12-21 21:03               ` Benjamin LaHaise
2001-12-21 21:09                 ` Rik van Riel
2001-12-21 21:28             ` Oliver Xymoron
2001-12-27 11:12             ` Kai Henningsen
2001-12-27 11:22             ` Kai Henningsen
2001-12-27 11:18           ` Kai Henningsen
2001-12-21 20:11         ` Timo Jantunen
2001-12-22  0:32         ` Alan Cox
2001-12-22 16:14           ` Vojtech Pavlik
2001-12-27 19:44             ` Allan Sandfeld
2001-12-27 20:18               ` Acrimon Beet
2001-12-27 10:45         ` Kai Henningsen
2001-12-27 14:19           ` Vojtech Pavlik
2001-12-21 21:17       ` Rik van Riel
2001-12-23 22:42         ` Cameron Simpson
2001-12-23 22:53           ` Rik van Riel
2001-12-23 22:46             ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-12-26 17:44               ` Riley Williams
2001-12-26 22:17                 ` Cameron Simpson
2001-12-26 23:34                   ` Dominik Mierzejewski
2001-12-27  0:08                     ` Riley Williams
2001-12-27  0:52                       ` Dominik Mierzejewski
2001-12-27 21:34                         ` Riley Williams
2001-12-27 23:27                         ` Pavel Machek
2001-12-27  6:02                     ` Daniel Phillips
2001-12-27 11:24                       ` Dominik Mierzejewski
2001-12-27 15:09                         ` Martin Mares
2001-12-28  3:23                         ` Daniel Phillips
2001-12-28  9:58                           ` Matthias Andree
2001-12-27  0:09                 ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-12-27  0:39                   ` Dominik Mierzejewski
2001-12-27 19:46                     ` Riley Williams
2001-12-27 11:46               ` Kai Henningsen
2001-12-27 21:42                 ` Riley Williams [this message]
2001-12-23 23:00             ` Cameron Simpson
2001-12-23 23:10               ` Rik van Riel
2001-12-23 23:12                 ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-12-24  6:25           ` Mike Galbraith
2001-12-27 15:15             ` Gábor Lénárt
2001-12-21 22:53       ` Stephen Satchell
2001-12-21 22:55         ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-12-21 23:07         ` Nicholas Knight
2001-12-22 19:40         ` T. A.
2001-12-22  0:12       ` Rob Landley
2001-12-22  9:58         ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-12-23  9:40           ` Rob Landley
2001-12-23 19:11             ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-12-27 11:35         ` Kai Henningsen
2001-12-23  9:47       ` David Woodhouse
2001-12-27 11:41       ` Kai Henningsen
2001-12-21 19:12     ` David Weinehall
2001-12-22  4:49       ` Keith Owens
2001-12-21 20:23     ` David Garfield
2001-12-21 20:56       ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-12-21 10:36 ` Mike Jagdis
2001-12-22  0:23   ` Rob Landley
2001-12-22  8:33     ` Eric Windisch
2001-12-22  8:53     ` Alan Cox
2001-12-23  9:17 ` David Woodhouse
     [not found] ` <esr@thyrsus.com>
2001-12-27 11:57   ` Kai Henningsen
2001-12-27 14:22     ` Vojtech Pavlik
2001-12-27 16:42       ` Alan Cox
2001-12-29 17:22         ` Dan Hopper
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-09-29 13:44 Possible GPL Violation of Linux in Amstrad's E3 Videophone Ralph Corderoy
2004-10-01 14:52 ` Denis Vlasenko
2004-10-01 14:20   ` Alan Cox
2004-10-01 15:59     ` Ralph Corderoy
2004-10-01 16:00       ` Alan Cox
2004-10-01 16:24       ` Jon Masters
2004-10-01 15:59         ` Alan Cox
2004-10-01 17:18           ` Jon Masters
2005-01-07 21:48           ` Jonathan McDowell
2005-01-15 13:43             ` Jonathan McDowell
2005-01-26 16:47               ` Jonathan McDowell
2004-10-01 17:24       ` Tigran Aivazian
2004-10-01 16:14     ` James Courtier-Dutton
     [not found] <20020316113536.A19495@hq.fsmlabs.com.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
     [not found] ` <Pine.LNX.4.33.0203161037160.31913-100000@penguin.transmeta.com.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
     [not found]   ` <20020316115726.B19495@hq.fsmlabs.com.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
2002-03-16 19:32     ` [Lse-tech] Re: 10.31 second kernel compile Andi Kleen
2002-03-16 19:57       ` yodaiken
2002-03-16 20:05         ` Andi Kleen
2002-03-16 20:12           ` yodaiken
2002-03-16 20:34             ` Linus Torvalds
2002-03-16 21:39               ` yodaiken
2002-03-16 21:49                 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-03-17 14:38                   ` Kai Henningsen
2002-03-17 18:20                     ` Alan Cox
2002-03-17 20:55                       ` 2.4.19-pre3-ac1 - Quotactl patch Shawn Starr
2002-03-17 22:22                         ` Alan Cox
2002-03-18  1:49                           ` Shawn Starr
2002-03-18  1:30                       ` OT: "real" letters [Was: 10.31 second kernel compile] Itai Nahshon
2002-03-21  0:38                         ` Derek Fawcus
2002-03-21  4:25                           ` Tim Coleman
2002-03-16 22:00                 ` [Lse-tech] Re: 10.31 second kernel compile Alan Cox
2002-03-16 21:49                   ` Linus Torvalds
2002-03-16 23:10                   ` yodaiken
2002-03-17  1:17                     ` rddunlap
2002-03-17  3:34                     ` Alan Cox
2002-03-17 14:52                 ` Kai Henningsen
2002-03-17 21:00                   ` yodaiken
2002-03-19 12:06                 ` Pavel Machek
2002-03-19 21:12                   ` yodaiken
2002-03-19 22:09                     ` Chris Friesen
2002-03-19 22:15                       ` yodaiken
2002-03-20  4:25                     ` Bill Davidsen
2002-03-16 20:27           ` Richard Gooch
2002-03-16 20:47             ` yodaiken
2002-03-16 21:05             ` Richard Gooch
2002-03-16 23:34               ` yodaiken
2002-03-17 13:48               ` Rik van Riel
2002-03-17  2:50           ` Chris Wedgwood
2002-03-17  3:43             ` Alan Cox
2002-03-17  4:12               ` Chris Wedgwood
2002-03-17  4:31                 ` Alan Cox
2002-03-16 20:14         ` Linus Torvalds
2002-03-16 20:22           ` Andi Kleen
2002-03-19  4:34             ` Rusty Russell
2002-03-17 13:23           ` Rik van Riel
2002-03-17 18:16             ` Linus Torvalds
2002-03-17 23:01               ` Davide Libenzi
2002-03-18  0:53                 ` Rik van Riel
2002-03-18  1:13                   ` Davide Libenzi
2002-03-18  1:31                     ` Linus Torvalds
2002-03-18  1:56                       ` Davide Libenzi
2002-03-18  1:40                     ` Mike Fedyk
2002-03-18  1:48                       ` Davide Libenzi
2002-03-24 21:12           ` Rogier Wolff
2002-03-24 21:35             ` Andrew Morton
2002-03-24 22:54               ` Nick Craig-Wood
2002-03-24 23:41                 ` Andi Kleen
2002-03-25  6:40               ` Martin J. Bligh
2002-03-16 20:36         ` Richard Gooch
2002-03-16 20:38           ` Linus Torvalds
2002-03-16 20:51           ` Richard Gooch
2001-12-30 12:06 Configure.help editorial policy Martin Knoblauch
2001-12-30  4:10 Timothy A. Seufert
2001-12-27 20:20 Andries.Brouwer
2001-12-27 15:42 Andries.Brouwer
2001-12-27 17:33 ` Timo Jantunen
2001-12-25 20:54 Andries.Brouwer
2001-12-24 11:08 Matt Reuther
2001-12-23 23:44 Andries.Brouwer
2001-12-23  4:06 Andries.Brouwer
2001-12-25 11:40 ` Pavel Machek
2001-12-23  3:40 Andries.Brouwer
2001-12-22 20:32 Timothy A. Seufert
2001-12-27 12:26 ` Kai Henningsen
2001-12-27 14:55   ` Davidovac Zoran
2001-12-22 13:30 Per Jessen
2001-12-22  2:42 Thomas Hood
2001-12-21 19:34 Timothy Covell
2001-12-21 20:24 ` Chris Ricker
2001-12-22  2:01   ` Timothy Covell
     [not found] <Pine.LNX.4.33.0112201605310.9934-100000@coffee.psychology.mcmaster.ca>
2001-12-20 21:28 ` Reid Hekman
2001-12-28 13:10   ` David Woodhouse
2001-12-27 12:10 ` Kai Henningsen
2001-12-20 21:17 Petr Vandrovec
2001-09-10  5:05 Problem with i810 chipset Steve Kieu
2001-09-10 13:40 ` Alan Cox
2001-09-10 14:48   ` Xavier Bestel
2001-09-10 21:50   ` Horst von Brand
2001-09-11  0:46     ` Problem with i810 chipset (solved!) Steve Kieu
2001-05-09  7:38 reiserfs, xfs, ext2, ext3 Martín Marqués
2001-05-09 14:49 ` Alan Cox
2001-05-09 11:21   ` Hans Reiser
2001-05-09 21:25   ` Steve Lord
2001-05-09 14:30     ` Hans Reiser
2001-05-09 22:38       ` Steve Lord
2001-05-10 10:19     ` Pekka Pietikainen
2001-05-10 14:38       ` Hans Reiser
2001-05-10 14:42       ` Daniel Phillips
2001-05-10 13:12     ` Andi Kleen
     [not found]       ` <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
2001-05-10 22:23         ` Daniel Podlejski
2001-05-11  8:32           ` Andi Kleen
2001-05-11  9:34         ` Daniel Podlejski
2001-09-23  2:26         ` [PATCH] tty canonical mode: nicer erase behaviour zefram
2001-09-23 20:05           ` Alan Cox
2001-09-23 20:41             ` Nadav Har'El
2001-09-23 21:50               ` Alan Cox
2001-09-24  9:22                 ` Nadav Har'El
2001-09-23 22:57               ` Matthias Andree
2001-09-24  6:45           ` Kai Henningsen
2001-05-09 14:49 ` reiserfs, xfs, ext2, ext3 john slee
2001-05-09 23:12   ` Daniel Phillips
2001-05-09 23:19     ` Dan Hollis
2001-05-10  0:36       ` jlnance
2001-05-10  1:15     ` Andreas Dilger
2001-05-10  8:42   ` Helge Hafting
2001-05-10 13:14   ` Martin Hamilton
2001-05-10 14:32     ` john slee
2001-05-10 14:56       ` Hans Reiser
2001-05-09 18:32 ` Joel Jaeggli
2001-05-10 12:54   ` Martín Marqués
2001-05-09 19:53 ` Daniel Podlejski
2001-05-09 14:14   ` Hans Reiser
2001-05-10 11:44 ` Matthias Andree
2001-05-10 13:42   ` Tony Hoyle
2001-05-10 14:45     ` Hans Reiser
2001-05-10 16:38       ` [OT] Linux on ENIAC Laramie Leavitt
2001-05-10 16:53         ` mirabilos
2001-05-10 23:39       ` reiserfs, xfs, ext2, ext3 Matthias Andree
2001-05-11 14:43         ` Chris Mason
2001-05-11 15:20           ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2001-05-11  9:42             ` Hans Reiser
2001-05-11 16:04             ` Alan Cox
2001-05-11 10:21               ` Hans Reiser
2001-05-11 17:47                 ` Alan Cox
2001-05-11 11:00                   ` [reiserfs-dev] " Hans Reiser
2001-05-11 18:50                     ` Albert D. Cahalan
2001-05-11 19:07                       ` Hans Reiser
2001-05-11 19:17                         ` Chris Mason
2001-05-11 19:04                     ` Chris Mason
2001-06-29 21:23                     ` 2.4.6-pre3 + reiserfs + NFS peculiarities Guennadi Liakhovetski
2001-05-11 19:38               ` reiserfs, xfs, ext2, ext3 Gregory Maxwell
2001-05-11 19:51                 ` Alan Cox
2001-05-10 23:37     ` Matthias Andree
2001-05-11 14:56       ` Tony Hoyle
2001-05-11  8:42         ` Hans Reiser
2001-05-11 15:56         ` Matthias Andree
2001-05-11 16:47           ` Tony Hoyle
2001-05-11 16:53             ` Matthias Andree
2001-05-10 14:21   ` Shawn
2001-05-10 14:42   ` Hans Reiser
2001-05-10 21:58   ` Gregory Maxwell
2001-04-21 15:49 Request for comment -- a better attribution system Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-21 16:18 ` Karsten Keil
2001-04-21 16:38 ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2001-04-21 17:04   ` Francois Romieu
2001-04-21 19:42   ` Andi Kleen
2001-04-21 23:45   ` Jes Sorensen
2001-04-22  9:21   ` Olaf Titz
2001-04-21 20:03 ` [kbuild-devel] " Giacomo A. Catenazzi
2001-04-21 19:55   ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-21 23:25     ` Alan Cox
2001-04-22 10:54       ` Giacomo A. Catenazzi
2001-04-22 12:30     ` mirabilos
2001-04-24  8:38       ` Markus Schaber
2001-04-24 13:51         ` Alan Cox
2001-04-24 14:08           ` Giacomo Catenazzi
2001-04-24 14:35             ` Alan Cox
2001-04-22  2:51   ` Horst von Brand
2001-04-22 10:54     ` Giacomo A. Catenazzi
2001-04-21 20:23 ` Albert D. Cahalan
2001-04-21 20:29   ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-22  2:56     ` Horst von Brand
2001-04-21 20:34   ` Alexander Viro
2001-04-21 20:46     ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-21 21:11       ` Francois Romieu
2001-04-21 21:20         ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-21 22:30           ` Francois Romieu
2001-04-21 22:35             ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-21 23:29       ` Alan Cox
2001-04-21 23:49         ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-22 16:02           ` Jes Sorensen
2001-04-22 10:53         ` [kbuild-devel] " Giacomo A. Catenazzi
2001-04-22 12:32           ` [kbuild-devel] Re: Request for comment -- a better attribution Alan Cox
2001-04-22 15:44           ` [kbuild-devel] Re: Request for comment -- a better attribution system Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-25 15:16       ` Pavel Machek
2001-04-21 21:59   ` Mr. James W. Laferriere
2001-04-22  0:33     ` Albert D. Cahalan
2001-04-22  2:23       ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-22  1:00     ` Jonathan Morton
2001-04-22  1:07       ` Alan Cox
2001-04-22  1:47       ` Albert D. Cahalan
2001-04-22  9:43         ` Ben Ford
2001-04-22  9:33   ` Olaf Titz
2001-04-24  6:28   ` Anuradha Ratnaweera
2001-04-21 23:09 ` Alan Cox
2001-04-21 23:47   ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-22  0:02     ` Alan Cox
2001-04-22  3:39       ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-22 12:09         ` Alan Cox
2001-04-22  3:31     ` Horst von Brand
2001-04-22  3:46       ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-22 15:28       ` [kbuild-devel] " Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-22 15:37         ` Arjan van de Ven
2001-04-22  8:39     ` Russell King
2001-04-22 15:30       ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-22 10:22     ` Matthew Kirkwood
2001-04-22 12:12       ` Russell King
2001-04-22 13:42         ` Matthew Kirkwood
2001-04-22 14:29           ` Alan Cox
2001-04-22 14:59           ` Russell King
2001-04-22 15:32             ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-22 15:31           ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-22  2:28 ` Horst von Brand
2001-04-22  4:12   ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-22 11:39     ` Francois Romieu
2001-04-22 12:33       ` Alexander Viro
2001-04-22 15:46         ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-22 16:35           ` Alexander Viro
2001-04-22 16:51             ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-22 16:52               ` Rik van Riel
2001-04-22 18:00                 ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-22 17:23               ` Alexander Viro
2001-04-22 20:31                 ` Olaf Titz
2001-04-22 18:47               ` Alan Cox
2001-04-22 23:22           ` Horst von Brand
2001-04-23  0:05             ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-23  0:19               ` Rik van Riel
2001-04-22 16:07         ` David Woodhouse
2001-04-22 16:24           ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-22 16:49             ` Rik van Riel
2001-04-24 11:51               ` Roger Gammans
2001-04-24 12:09                 ` esr
2001-04-24 13:14                 ` Horst von Brand
2001-04-24 14:52                   ` Roger Gammans
2001-04-25  3:50                     ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-25  1:18     ` CML2 Transition experiences jeff millar
2001-04-25 15:04       ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-16 12:27 Linux 2.4.3-ac7 Alan Cox
2001-04-16 12:56 ` Chris Meadors
2001-04-16 12:57   ` Alan Cox
2001-04-17 10:35     ` Martin Hamilton
2001-04-16 17:27 ` John Cavan
2001-04-16 23:40   ` Alan Cox
2001-04-17  5:39 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2001-04-17 12:11   ` Alan Cox

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