Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965340AbXATSHw (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Jan 2007 13:07:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965341AbXATSHw (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Jan 2007 13:07:52 -0500 Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.162.231]:29762 "EHLO nz-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965340AbXATSHw convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Jan 2007 13:07:52 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=UvN625uWYR3Dzuf6OZVv3B87x3h6QJHenlhzgicEgBE0VMBuI+NAOazvaXcjH7APziSlNzZgNQRL5jFMsH7n4zySO0oJ5Qko/+HCixwBLzObgWZ5NK1TGfUigrwBwfXYQszImjioMonHmLZEhaad0hibF0NCwid17kbrOsrmfAk= Message-ID: Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 19:07:51 +0100 From: "Leon Woestenberg" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: PROBLEM: KB->KiB, MB -> MiB, ... (IEC 60027-2) In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-Disposition: inline References: <200701200908.47654.Michal.Kudla@gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1051 Lines: 24 Hello, On 1/20/07, David Schwartz wrote: > > > [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. > Nice observation, however, it still leaves quite an amount of internal inconsistencies in the kernel output. One way of getting rid of those inconsistencies would be to follow IEC 60027-2 for those cases where SI is inappropriate. Leon. - 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/