In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bill Maas writes: > On Mon, 2008-03-10 at 20:51 +0100, Igor Sobrado wrote: > [...] > > 3. "Mhz" should be really "MHz", this typo hurts someone with a > > background in fundamental physics. ;-) > > > > 4. May I suggest renaming "CpuSpeed" to "CPUspeed"? (just as in > > "BIOSentry"); CPU is an acronym. > > This is a matter of convention. Preserving the uppercase characters in > acronyms when MixedCase names are used, generally leads to more > inconsistency and confusion than it solves.. In some enviroments it > might even have to be cpuSpeed, depending on how it was used.
Hi Bill! Mhz is not a convention, it is just a typo. "M" is a multiplier for the physical unit called Hertz (Hz). However, I agree about "cpuSpeed" and "biosEntry"; in fact, lowercase letters follow nicely the style in the BSD operating systems documentation (and probably in most software developed in California). I really like it. It is just the mix of uppercase and lowercase letters what I do not understand on an acronym. Ok, there are acronyms in popular use that have been converted to words themselves (e.g., laser) but there are only a few cases, it is not the case for BIOS, CPU and other computer-related terms. > If done consistently, squashing acronyms this way tends to provide the > cleanest overall presentation (and being consistent at least also > happens to enhance parser-friendliness). Sure! In this case I would choose "cpuSpeed" and "biosEntry", but "Mhz" should be capitalized "MHz". Lowercase in "cpu" and "bios" seems ok to me. > "BIOSentry" seems to be the offending one here (but I haven't looked at > where or how it is used, so I might be wrong). Indeed, "biosEntry" is probably better and follows the tradition in the BSD world (and, probably, most software developed in California). Thanks for your feedback. You have a very good point about "BIOSentry" being the offending term (even if it is technically right). At last, just hope that Mr. Kristensen will find the bug that makes some CFs have problems with the latest firmware upgrade (it works nicely for me) and certainly suggest the original poster to try a SanDisk CF. These are cheap CF cards, the ones that define the standard, and probably the reference ones for Soekris computers. I have an excellent industrial-grade CF here that I got with my net4801 from KD85.com; I want to use it on a Soekris computer I will buy as serial port server in some months, but on HDD+CF setups I prefer low-end SanDisk CF cards (not the high-end SanDisk ones or other less tested CF cards). Thanks for your superb feedback! Igor. _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
