From: Ahmed S. Darwish Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 04:08:35 +0000 (-0800) Subject: Documentation: explain [KMG] parameter suffix X-Git-Tag: v2.6.38-rc6~8 X-Git-Url: https://asedeno.scripts.mit.edu/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7a19a237d54e3f209d543b69b27f24a23b335c40;p=linux.git Documentation: explain [KMG] parameter suffix The '[KMG]' suffix is commonly described after a number of kernel parameter values documentation. Explicitly state its semantics. Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 050b0e564315..66771a34f185 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