Re: Bits Question

[Thomas Bushnell BSG]

It means "Binary Digit".  The bits directory are the place the GNU C
library stores, well, essentially, bit-field declarations, and other
such kernel-specific thingies.

Thomas


On Sat, 2009-06-06 at 13:30 -0700, Kip Warner wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I am finding the acronym "bits" all over the place, and presumably not
> the "Binary digIT" kind.
> 
> I see directories in GNU projects regularly under this name and it looks
> as though it has something to do with implementing platform specific
> code under a more general interface. I checked the GNU Coding Standards
> but couldn't find any mention of it there.
> 
> What does it stand for? Where, when, and what do we do with it?
> 
> Thank you.
>