Re: patch for sd.c: fix MB vs. GB
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Mon, 28 Dec 1998 16:09:20 -0800 (PST)
> On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
> > >
> > > Well, Mi.B is much nicer then having it labeld MB but really be millions
> > > of bytes. Actually it would be nice for it to say [1024 MB/1073 Mi.B].
> > >
> >
> > Why not simply list it as bytes?
> >
> > -hpa
>
> Actually, that is a GREAT idea! :) Actually, why bother listing it.. The
> size of the drive in bytes isn't going to be useful to anyone who can't
> multiply sector size * numsectors (both of which are on the line).
>
No, but if you want powers of 10 then 18,210,047,488 bytes will tell
you that it is 18.2 marketing gigabytes (17,366 real MB, 17.0 real
GB; 2.2.0-pre1 gets the last figure wrong.)
-hpa
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