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.
Arnd <><
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