linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] lib: add generic helper to print sizes rounded to the correct SI range

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Date:	Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:20:36 +0100
From:	Simon Arlott <simon@...e.lp0.eu>
To:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
CC:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] lib: add generic helper to print sizes rounded to
 the	correct SI range

On 31/08/08 16:13, James Bottomley wrote:
> This patch adds the ability to print sizes in either units of 10^3 (SI)
> or 2^10 (Binary) units.  It rounds up to three significant figures and
> can be used for either memory or storage capacities.

> +	const char *units_2[] = {"B", "Kib", "MiB", "GiB", "TiB", "PiB",

I think this should have been "KiB".
I'd prefer an option to display these without the "i"...

Oh and you need to store the original capacity before it's re-scaled to 
512 bytes. Outputting sdkp->capacity at that stage it'll be a count of 
512-byte sectors.

-- 
Simon Arlott
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