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SubjectRe: GT/s vs Gbps for PCIe bus speed
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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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