Re: Linux 2.4.5-ac18

[David Lang]

On 25 Jun 2001, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> Date: 25 Jun 2001 14:08:26 -0700
> From: H. Peter Anvin <[e-mail]>
> To: [e-mail]
> Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.5-ac18
>
> Followup to:  <[e-mail]>
> By author:    Alan Cox <[e-mail]>
> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> > o	Lave 1uS gaps in the eepro100 cmd probe, and	(Masaru Kawashima)
> > 	probe for longer on cmd timeout
>
> <Whimper>
>
> Please, people... S is siemens, not seconds.  Seconds is "s" (lower
> case.)  The rule is simple: units named after people have their
> symbols, but not their names, capitalized.
<troll>
ok who was Mr/Mrs Byte?
</troll>

sorry couldn't resist

:-)

David Lang

> Microseconds are written µs, or if the µ symbol is unavailable, us.
>
> Sorry, this one grates on me...
>
> 	-hpa
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