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> [1.] One line summary of the problem: > KB->KiB, MB -> MiB, ... (IEC 60027-2 Letter symbols to be used in > electrical > technology – Part 2) > Should be everywere KiB, MiB, GiB, ... according to IEC 60027-2 Bytes are not an SI unit. A "megabyte" doesn't have to be a million bytes any more than a "megaphone" has to be a million phones. A "megabyte" is 1,048,576 bytes. The "mega" in there is not an SI prefix. "Mega" is only an SI prefix when it appears before an SI unit. DS - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.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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