linux-kernel - Re: PROBLEM: KB->KiB, MB -> MiB, ... (IEC 60027-2)

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Date:	Sat, 20 Jan 2007 19:07:51 +0100
From:	"Leon Woestenberg" <leon.woestenberg@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PROBLEM: KB->KiB, MB -> MiB, ... (IEC 60027-2)

Hello,

On 1/20/07, David Schwartz <davids@...master.com> wrote:
>
> > [1.] One line summary of the problem:
> > KB->KiB, MB -> MiB, ... (IEC 60027-2 Letter symbols to be used in
> > electrical
> > technology – Part 2)
> > Should be everywere KiB, MiB, GiB, ... according to IEC 60027-2
>
>         Bytes are not an SI unit. A "megabyte" doesn't have to be a million bytes any more than a "megaphone" has to be a million phones. A "megabyte" is 1,048,576 bytes. The "mega" in there is not an SI prefix. "Mega" is only an SI prefix when it appears before an SI unit.
>
Nice observation, however, it still leaves quite an amount of internal
inconsistencies in the kernel output.

One way of getting rid of those inconsistencies would be to follow IEC
60027-2 for those cases where SI is inappropriate.

Leon.
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