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Message-ID: <20080830223600.GF1239@parisc-linux.org> Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:36:00 -0600 From: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx> To: Pierre Ossman <drzeus-list@...eus.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 Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 12:13:14AM +0200, Pierre Ossman wrote: > On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:45:49 -0500 > James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com> wrote: > > Does MMC have the 10^3 requirement like SCSI/ATA disks do, or can you > > use 2^10 like standard computer stuff for capacities? > > Some do, some don't. I prefer the 2^10 and MiB variants as it avoids > ambiguity. I think the most compelling reason for ensuring they're the same is that you can plug these devices into both an MMC slot directly and a card-reader and have them show up over USB. You don't want the reported capacity to change when you do that. -- Matthew Wilcox Intel Open Source Technology Centre "Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this operating system, but compare it to ours. We can't possibly take such a retrograde step." -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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