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    From(Harald Koenig)
    SubjectGB vs. MB
    DateMon, 25 Nov 1996 11:17:04 +0100 (MET)
    I like the disk size message in sd.c  but since 1MB == 1024*1024 == 2^20,
    why is 1GB == 1000MB == 1000* 2^20 and not 1GB == 1024MB == 2^30 ? 
    
    I'd really like to see "real" GBs as 2^30 (which would be more consistent 
    but just the opposite from what all the disk vendors think a GB is 
    (or should be ;-))
    
    
    Harald
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    --- /soft/linux/drivers/scsi/sd.c	Wed Apr 17 10:51:59 1996
    +++ linux/drivers/scsi/sd.c	Thu Apr 18 10:16:45 1996
    @@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@
     	}
             mb = rscsi_disks[i].capacity / 1024 * hard_sector / 1024;
             /* sz = div(m/100, 10);  this seems to not be in the libr */
    -        m = (mb + 50) / 100;
    +        m = (mb*1000 + 51200) / 1024 / 100 ;
             sz_quot = m / 10;
             sz_rem = m - (10 * sz_quot);
     	printk ("SCSI device sd%c: hdwr sector= %d bytes."
    
    
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