Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 22 Dec 2001 23:07:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 22 Dec 2001 23:07:12 -0500 Received: from hera.cwi.nl ([192.16.191.8]:5553 "EHLO hera.cwi.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 22 Dec 2001 23:07:06 -0500 From: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 04:06:50 GMT Message-Id: To: bcrl@redhat.com, cw@f00f.org Subject: Re: Configure.help editorial policy Cc: esr@thyrsus.com, garfield@irving.iisd.sra.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, riel@conectiva.com.br Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Benjamin LaHaise writes: > GiB is not a useful standard because NOBODY USES IT. If everybody waits until all others use it, nothing will ever happen. But in fact usage has been increasing over the past two years. Also if one restricts attention to the Linux world. But in fact the main purpose is to emphasize that 1000000 and 1048576 are different numbers and therefore need different abbreviations. M always means 1000000. Mi always means 1048576. There are not many contexts where an abbreviation for 1048576 is useful, so no great use is ever expected. The goal is not to promote the abbreviation Gi. The goal is to stop the people who believe that k means 1024. Rik van Riel writes: > the kB vs KiB mess is so ambiguous and complex Mistake. k always means 1000. Ki always means 1024. > In many cases binary and decimal units are mixed, > leading to something which is impossible to "get right". > Disk space would be one example of this. No. All disk manufacturers only use decimal units. Andries - 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/