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Message-ID: <20080830225950.4828dcf6@mjolnir.drzeus.cx>
Date:	Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:59:50 +0200
From:	Pierre Ossman <drzeus-list@...eus.cx>
To:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
Cc:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	Simon Arlott <simon@...e.lp0.eu>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi/sd: Fix size output in MB

On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:45:16 -0600
Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx> wrote:

> 
> 2. We should report in GB or TB when appropriate.  The exact definition
> of 'appropriate' is going to vary from person to person.  Might I
> suggest that we should report between two and four significant digits.
> eg 9543 MB is ok, 10543 MB should be 10 GB.
> 

I've been looking at doing something like this for the mmc_block
driver, so a generic helper is welcome. :)

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