Messages in this thread | | | From | "Per Jessen" <> | Date | Sat, 22 Dec 2001 14:30:12 +0100 | Subject | Re: Configure.help editorial policy |
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On Fri, 21 Dec 2001 15:33:52 -0600, Thomas Dodd wrote: > >Benjamin LaHaise wrote: > >> GiB is not a useful standard because NOBODY USES IT. When it's in >> common use, then consider applying it to the kernel, but please, >> not before then. > > >What better place to start "common use" then the kernel source. >Let's lead the way, not wait around to follow others. >
And in fact, people are using it. Like I said earlier, I used to work in StorageTek R&D, and we started using it. In fact the hardware people started first, so the displays on our VSM arrays (Terabyte sized RAID arrays) would use the kB = 1000byte whereas our reports would use kB=1024byte. Big confusion. AFAIR, the decision made to go with the IEC standard was primarily because it was a standard.
regards, Per Jessen, Zurich
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