Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 16:29:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 16:29:03 -0500 Received: from waste.org ([209.173.204.2]:57221 "EHLO waste.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 16:28:50 -0500 Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 15:28:41 -0600 (CST) From: Oliver Xymoron To: Benjamin LaHaise cc: Chris Wedgwood , "Eric S. Raymond" , David Garfield , Linux Kernel List Subject: Re: Configure.help editorial policy In-Reply-To: <20011221153136.G15926@redhat.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, Benjamin LaHaise wrote: > On Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 09:10:33AM +1300, Chris Wedgwood wrote: > > And disks by the GB where GB == 1000^3 so I don't see any problem in > > moving from KB to KiB and friends ESPECIALLY AS THEY ARE STANDARDIZED > > BEYOND THE KERNEL and nothing will change this. > > If you think GB == 1000^3, then please go "correct" all the DRAM > manufacturers out in the world. They just sent me 1GB of ram and > it's coming up as 1073741824 bytes. Please help! They have no > option for GiB!!! If you think GB == 1024^3, then please go "correct" all the disk manufacturers out in the world. They just sent me 1GB of disk and it's coming up as 1000000000 bytes. Please help! They have no option for GiB!!! It's already clear that the terminology is internally inconsistent, now we can either clarify it or live with the existing confusion. -- "Love the dolphins," she advised him. "Write by W.A.S.T.E.." - 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/