linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] x86/efi: print size in binary units in efi_print

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Date:	Tue, 26 Jan 2016 11:50:41 +0000
From:	Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
To:	"Elliott, Robert (Persistent Memory)" <elliott@....com>
Cc:	Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"linux-efi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel @ vger . kernel . org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] x86/efi: print size in binary units in
 efi_print_memmap

On Mon, 25 Jan, at 08:37:58PM, Elliott, Robert (Persistent Memory) wrote:
> 
> For the UEFI memory map, that was indeed my intention.  I
> don't want it silently round to "20 GiB".  Even rounding
> to "19.999 GiB" is imprecise.

OK, let's just go with your original patch Robert (minus the @ addr
bit) since it's pretty small and does what we want for this specific
case.