Messages in this thread | | | From | Arnd Bergmann <> | Subject | Re: How to document dimension units for virtual files? | Date | Tue, 24 Oct 2006 22:13:55 +0200 |
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On Tuesday 24 October 2006 16:15, Michael Holzheu wrote: > If you want to export data to userspace via virtual filesystems > like procfs, sysfs, debugfs etc., the following rules are recommended: > > - Export only one value in one virtual file. > - Data format should be as simple as possible. > - Use ASCII formated strings, no binary data if possible. > - If data has dimension units, encode that in the filename. > Please use the following suffixes: > * kb: Kilobytes > * mb: Megabytes > * ms: Milliseconds > * us: Microseconds > * ns: Nanoseconds > * ...
For larger units like kb or mb, why bother at all? You can just make that a 64 bit number and give an exact value. You should also be sure to use a correct unit, i.e. KiB for 1024 bytes and kB for 1000 bytes.
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