Hi
2017-08-10 18:08 GMT+03:00 Mikhail Terekhov <Mikhail.Terekhov@xxxxxxxx>:
> On 08/09/17 09:44, kusumi.tomohiro@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>> From: Tomohiro Kusumi <tkusumi@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Redo 9ff84231('HOWTO: fix unit type suffix in "Parameter types" section').
>>
>>> These should be all in lower case or all in upper case, but not both.
>>> The man page already has these in lower case.
>>
>> Change above to all upper case based on below comment, instead of all
>> in lower. Fix the man page (which originally had in lower) as well.
>>
>> RE: [PATCH 2/4] HOWTO: fix unit type suffix in "Parameter types" section
>> http://www.spinics.net/lists/fio/msg06146.html
>> Signed-off-by: Tomohiro Kusumi <tkusumi@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> HOWTO | 20 ++++++++++----------
>> fio.1 | 20 ++++++++++----------
>> 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/HOWTO b/HOWTO
>> index 6c69a0e..fc173f0 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
>> + * *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
>> 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
>> diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
>> index ab978ab..a3fba65 100644
>> --- a/fio.1
>> +++ b/fio.1
>> @@ -242,37 +242,37 @@ prefixes. To specify power-of-10 decimal values
>> defined in the
>> International System of Units (SI):
>> .RS
>> .P
>> -ki means kilo (K) or 1000
>> +Ki means kilo (K) or 1000
>> .RE
>> .RS
>> -mi means mega (M) or 1000**2
>> +Mi means mega (M) or 1000**2
>> .RE
>> .RS
>> -gi means giga (G) or 1000**3
>> +Gi means giga (G) or 1000**3
>> .RE
>> .RS
>> -ti means tera (T) or 1000**4
>> +Ti means tera (T) or 1000**4
>> .RE
>> .RS
>> -pi means peta (P) or 1000**5
>> +Pi means peta (P) or 1000**5
>> .RE
>> .P
>> To specify power-of-2 binary values defined in IEC 80000-13:
>> .RS
>> .P
>> -k means kibi (Ki) or 1024
>> +K means kibi (Ki) or 1024
>> .RE
>> .RS
>> -m means mebi (Mi) or 1024**2
>> +M means mebi (Mi) or 1024**2
>> .RE
>> .RS
>> -g means gibi (Gi) or 1024**3
>> +G means gibi (Gi) or 1024**3
>> .RE
>> .RS
>> -t means tebi (Ti) or 1024**4
>> +T means tebi (Ti) or 1024**4
>> .RE
>> .RS
>> -p means pebi (Pi) or 1024**5
>> +P means pebi (Pi) or 1024**5
>> .RE
>> .P
>> With `kb_base=1024' (the default), the unit prefixes are opposite
>
> Sorry for the late comment, but:
>
> As Robert mentioned SI names are case sensitive, so for kilo it should be
> 'k', not 'K'.
>
> The example for 'int' in 'Parameter types' [1] section seems to contradict
> to what
> 'Units' [2] section says. For kb_base=1000 the units meaning should be
> strait
> according to [2] but in [1] the meaning is reversed.
Yes, you're right.
Aside from this lower/upper case thing, "Parameter types" is showing
them in opposite (it's talking about kb_base=1024 case).
> Regards,
> Mikhail
>
>
> [1] http://fio.readthedocs.io/en/latest/fio_doc.html#parameter-types
> [2] http://fio.readthedocs.io/en/latest/fio_doc.html#units
>
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