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Style: start using correct IEC binary prefix (KiB, MiB, ...) - see

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Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer
2008-04-26 08:48:13 +02:00
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@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ B<UPX> is a versatile executable packer with the following features:
- excellent compression ratio: compresses better than zip/gzip,
use UPX to decrease the size of your distribution !
- very fast decompression: about 10 MB/sec on an ancient Pentium 133,
about 200 MB/sec on an Athlon XP 2000+.
- very fast decompression: about 10 MiB/sec on an ancient Pentium 133,
about 200 MiB/sec on an Athlon XP 2000+.
- no memory overhead for your compressed executables for most of the
supported formats
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ as compared to the first decompressed version.]
B<UPX> offers ten different compression levels from B<-1> to B<-9>,
and B<--best>. The default compression level is B<-8> for files
smaller than 512 kB, and B<-7> otherwise.
smaller than 512 KiB, and B<-7> otherwise.
=over 4
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ Extra options available for this executable format:
First of all, it is recommended to use B<UPX> *instead* of B<strip>. strip has
the very bad habit of replacing your stub with its own (outdated) version.
Additionally B<UPX> corrects a bug/feature in strip v2.8.x: it
will fix the 4 KByte alignment of the stub.
will fix the 4 KiB alignment of the stub.
B<UPX> includes the full functionality of stubify. This means it will
automatically stubify your COFF files. Use the option B<--coff> to
@@ -660,8 +660,8 @@ Specific drawbacks:
- Because of temporary decompression to disk the decompression speed
is not as fast as with the other executable formats. Still, I can see
no noticeable delay when starting programs like my ~3 MB emacs (which
is less than 1 MB when compressed :-).
no noticeable delay when starting programs like my ~3 MiB emacs (which
is less than 1 MiB when compressed :-).
Extra options available for this executable format:
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ nostalgic feelings of one of the authors.
Packed programs will be byte-identical to the original after uncompression,
until further notice.
Maximum uncompressed size: ~1.89 / ~7.60 Mbytes.
Maximum uncompressed size: ~1.89 / ~7.60 MiB.
Notes:
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ Extra options available for this executable format:
--8-bit Uses 8 bit size compression [default: 32 bit]
--8mb-ram PSone has 8 MB ram available [default: 2 MB]
--8mib-ram PSone has 8 MiB ram available [default: 2 MiB]
--boot-only This format is for main exes and CD-Mastering only !
It may slightly improve the compression ratio,
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ must end with ".scr" (as screensavers are handled slightly different
than normal exe files).
UPX compressed PE files have some minor memory overhead (usually in the
10 - 30 kbytes range) which can be seen by specifying the "-i" command
10 - 30 KiB range) which can be seen by specifying the "-i" command
line switch during compression.
Extra options available for this executable format: