On Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 10:00:17AM +1300, Chris Wedgwood wrote:
> But what Rik points out shows that right now there is ambiguity
> BECAUSE OF LACK OF STANDARDIZATION --- because GB is vague at the very
> best, disk manufactures get to claim nice marketing numbers.
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.
-ben
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