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SubjectRe: patch for sd.c: fix MB vs. GB
On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> > It looks to me as though the world has been dividing megabytes by 1,000
> > to get gigabytes all along.
>
> No, IBM has been using 1000*1000*1024 for *DISK* gigabytes for a long time,
> but noone ever used other than 2 << 30 for memory. I say keep it sane
> & keep it the same, and to h*** with marketing dept's.

Yes please, the IBM way described above makes my brain hurt! That seems to
be the singly most non-intutive way of defining the prefix "giga".

Perhaps we should output a small explanation at the start of the boot
procedure: "Linus defines GB as 1073741824 bytes". And no, I'm not
serious (there is a part of me that would love to see it defined in terms
of pi or something though). ;)

Peter
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