Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 22 Dec 2001 18:05:01 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 22 Dec 2001 18:04:51 -0500 Received: from mta13n.bluewin.ch ([195.186.1.206]:41540 "EHLO mta13n.bluewin.ch") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 22 Dec 2001 18:04:38 -0500 Message-ID: <3C234CC10005C1D9@mta13n.bluewin.ch> (added by postmaster@bluewin.ch) From: "Per Jessen" To: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 00:22:39 +0100 Reply-To: "Per Jessen" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.01.1600) For Windows 95 (4.0.1212) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in Configure.help. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 22 Dec 2001 21:18:08 +0100 (MET), Pozsar Balazs wrote: > >This might be a standard, but _it_is_not_adopted_anywhere! (at least I >haven't seen it anywhere (I might be blind)). >I would rather call standard something which is adopted in real life. No, that would be a socalled defacto standard. Ie. not necessarily a standard proposed and recommended by a standards body. For instance, you may think that the UK using pounds and ounces is standard - after all they are both being used in real life. But it is contrary to the standard. (as given by the SI system). rgds, Per regards, Per Jessen, Zurich http://www.enidan.com - home of the J1 serial console. Windows 2001: "I'm sorry Dave ... I'm afraid I can't do that." - 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/