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Message-ID: <20110206174504.GA23024@laptop> Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 19:45:04 +0200 From: "Ahmed S. Darwish" <darwish.07@...il.com> To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net> Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH -next] Documentation: Explain the [KMG] parameters suffix (Also applicable over 2.6.38-rc3) The '[KMG]' suffix is commonly described after a number of kernel parameter values documentation. Explicitly state its semantics. Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <darwish.07@...il.com> --- diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 89835a4..3deedce 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -144,6 +144,11 @@ a fixed number of characters. This limit depends on the architecture and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file ./include/asm/setup.h as COMMAND_LINE_SIZE. +Finally, the [KMG] suffix is commonly described after a number of kernel +parameter values. These 'K', 'M', and 'G' letters represent the _binary_ +multipliers 'Kilo', 'Mega', and 'Giga', equalling 2^10, 2^20, and 2^30 +bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. + acpi= [HW,ACPI,X86] Advanced Configuration and Power Interface regards, -- Darwish http://darwish.07.googlepages.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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