From: Tomohiro Kusumi Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2017 17:37:52 +0000 (+0300) Subject: HOWTO: fix unit type suffix in "Parameter types" section X-Git-Tag: fio-3.0~19 X-Git-Url: https://git.kernel.dk/?p=fio.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=9ff842311f61673a1d65929f26fbb077e71ec2a0 HOWTO: fix unit type suffix in "Parameter types" section These should be all in lower case or all in upper case, but not both. Given the examples of these are mostly in lower case, this commit uses lower. The man page already has these in lower case. Signed-off-by: Tomohiro Kusumi Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe --- diff --git a/HOWTO b/HOWTO index ee2b9960..cad95009 100644 --- a/HOWTO +++ b/HOWTO @@ -505,19 +505,19 @@ Parameter types prefixes. To specify power-of-10 decimal values defined in the International System of Units (SI): - * *Ki* -- means kilo (K) or 1000 - * *Mi* -- means mega (M) or 1000**2 - * *Gi* -- means giga (G) or 1000**3 - * *Ti* -- means tera (T) or 1000**4 - * *Pi* -- means peta (P) or 1000**5 + * *ki* -- means kilo (K) or 1000 + * *mi* -- means mega (M) or 1000**2 + * *gi* -- means giga (G) or 1000**3 + * *ti* -- means tera (T) or 1000**4 + * *pi* -- means peta (P) or 1000**5 To specify power-of-2 binary values defined in IEC 80000-13: * *k* -- means kibi (Ki) or 1024 - * *M* -- means mebi (Mi) or 1024**2 - * *G* -- means gibi (Gi) or 1024**3 - * *T* -- means tebi (Ti) or 1024**4 - * *P* -- means pebi (Pi) or 1024**5 + * *m* -- means mebi (Mi) or 1024**2 + * *g* -- means gibi (Gi) or 1024**3 + * *t* -- means tebi (Ti) or 1024**4 + * *p* -- means pebi (Pi) or 1024**5 With :option:`kb_base`\=1024 (the default), the unit prefixes are opposite from those specified in the SI and IEC 80000-13 standards to provide