Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 27 Dec 2001 09:20:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 27 Dec 2001 09:19:55 -0500 Received: from mail.pha.ha-vel.cz ([195.39.72.3]:37894 "HELO mail.pha.ha-vel.cz") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 27 Dec 2001 09:19:45 -0500 Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 15:19:40 +0100 From: Vojtech Pavlik To: Kai Henningsen Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Configure.help editorial policy Message-ID: <20011227151940.A15022@suse.cz> In-Reply-To: <20011221141847.E15926@redhat.com> <20011222171438.A10233@suse.cz> <8FeKhAhXw-B@khms.westfalen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <8FeKhAhXw-B@khms.westfalen.de>; from kaih@khms.westfalen.de on Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 12:45:00PM +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 12:45:00PM +0200, Kai Henningsen wrote: > vojtech@suse.cz (Vojtech Pavlik) wrote on 22.12.01 in <20011222171438.A10233@suse.cz>: > > > The only problem is that M = 10^6 plus Mi = 2^20 don't cover the usages ... > > > > 4Mbit bandwidth is usually 4 * 10^3 * 2^10 bits per second. > > 20GB harddrive is usually 20 * 10^6 * 2^10 bytes. > > There's a simple answer. "These people lie." Ok, then how *you* would call the abovementioned link that has 4096000 bits per second bandwidth? Yes, it's possible to say 4096 kbit, but then you'll also have 32768 kbit links and 8388608 kbit links ... > > The confusion is there. It can't be erradicated by adding Mi's and Gi's, > > because they don't cover the whole spectrum. > > We don't *want* something that covers that part of the spectrum. We want > that part to be *avoided*. But how do you avoid something that *exists*? I mean - physically. The devices that are described by these numbers are being produced and used. -- Vojtech Pavlik SuSE Labs - 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/