linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86_64: check if Tom2 is enabled

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Message-ID: <20080121174954.GC6722@cvg>
Date:	Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:49:54 +0300
From:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Yinghai Lu <Yinghai.Lu@....COM>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jesse Barnes <jesse.barnes@...el.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86_64: check if Tom2 is enabled

[H. Peter Anvin - Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 09:39:16AM -0800]
> Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
>> is it possible to change 'l' and 'h' to 'low' and 'high'?
>> 'cause 'l' does look like '1' (one) number...
>
> I think you should use a different font.  Otherwise we're soon in a 
> position where we can't abbreviate anything that starts with L and keep 
> using lower case throughout.  That doesn't seem like a valid tradeoff to 
> me.
>
> There are plenty of fonts which have good visual distinction between l and 
> 1 and O and 0.
>
> 	-hpa
>

Hi Peter,

of course you're right!!! but... actually the only several symbols
affected on this: 1-l, O-0 (maybe a few more, dunno) and that is the
case for one-letter-ID only and that is so easy to avoid a such situation.

Anyway - as you wish ;)

		- Cyrill -
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