Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965246AbXATK3r (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Jan 2007 05:29:47 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965251AbXATK3r (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Jan 2007 05:29:47 -0500 Received: from mail1.webmaster.com ([216.152.64.169]:2628 "EHLO mail1.webmaster.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965246AbXATK3r convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Jan 2007 05:29:47 -0500 From: "David Schwartz" To: Subject: RE: PROBLEM: KB->KiB, MB -> MiB, ... (IEC 60027-2) Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 02:29:40 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <200701200908.47654.Michal.Kudla@gmail.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 Importance: Normal X-Authenticated-Sender: joelkatz@webmaster.com X-Spam-Processed: mail1.webmaster.com, Sat, 20 Jan 2007 03:32:12 -0800 (not processed: message from trusted or authenticated source) X-MDRemoteIP: 206.171.168.138 X-Return-Path: davids@webmaster.com X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Reply-To: davids@webmaster.com X-MDAV-Processed: mail1.webmaster.com, Sat, 20 Jan 2007 03:32:14 -0800 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 737 Lines: 17 > [1.] One line summary of the problem: > KB->KiB, MB -> MiB, ... (IEC 60027-2 Letter symbols to be used in > electrical > technology – Part 2) > Should be everywere KiB, MiB, GiB, ... according to IEC 60027-2 Bytes are not an SI unit. A "megabyte" doesn't have to be a million bytes any more than a "megaphone" has to be a million phones. A "megabyte" is 1,048,576 bytes. The "mega" in there is not an SI prefix. "Mega" is only an SI prefix when it appears before an SI unit. DS - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/