Re: patch for sd.c: fix MB vs. GB
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Mon, 28 Dec 1998 14:26:00 -0800 (PST)
> > > SCSI device sdb: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 17916240 [9173 Mi.B] [8.5 GB]
> > >
> > > (And if people ask why the difference, then the 9173 is "marketing
> > > megabytes", and the 8.5Gb is the "real figure".)
> > >
> >
> > No! Let's not add more marketing crap here. Keep MB as real
> > megabytes!
>
> In which case fix Gb to be real gigabytes - one or the other
>
Yes, make it all real!
-hpa
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