Messages in this thread | | | From | Krzysztof Halasa <> | Subject | Re: GT/s vs Gbps for PCIe bus speed | Date | Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:51:04 +0200 |
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Stefan Assmann <sassmann@redhat.com> writes:
> IMHO this is rather confusing, as most people don't know what GT/s means.
It's trivial to look it up, isn't it?
> So I'd suggest the following change: > > --- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/pci_hotplug_core.c > +++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/pci_hotplug_core.c > @@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ static char *pci_bus_speed_strings[] = { > "66 MHz PCIX 533", /* 0x11 */ > "100 MHz PCIX 533", /* 0x12 */ > "133 MHz PCIX 533", /* 0x13 */ > - "2.5 GT/s PCI-E", /* 0x14 */ > - "5.0 GT/s PCI-E", /* 0x15 */ > + "2.5 Gbps PCI-E", /* 0x14 */ > + "5.0 Gbps PCI-E", /* 0x15 */
Isn't it like calling 100BASE-TX a 125 Mb/s? _That_ would be confusing. BTW PCI-E can be multi-lane so Mb/s (and even MB/s) don't make sense. I guess many people don't know what a MHz is either but we don't say 133 MHz = 133 Mbps. -- Krzysztof Halasa
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