linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 14/14] x86/efi: Print size in binary units in efi_print

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Date:	Wed, 3 Feb 2016 11:28:29 +0000
From:	Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	Laszlo Ersek <lersek@...hat.com>,
	"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Robert Elliott <elliott@....com>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
	Taku Izumi <izumi.taku@...fujitsu.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/14] x86/efi: Print size in binary units in
 efi_print_memmap

On Wed, 03 Feb, at 11:40:45AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> So I kind of agree. Memory is almost never measured in marketing bytes, we should 
> simply output KB/MB/GB/TB/PB/EB like the rest of the memory management code does 
> and ignore all the 'i' silliness that infests storage sizes ...

Thanks guys.

OK, this patch has caused enough headaches. Let's drop it from this
series.

Robert, Andy, feel free to resubmit it after you've addressed
everyone's concerns and we can discuss it in isolation.