Re: patch for sd.c: fix MB vs. GB

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 28 Dec 1998 23:20:32 +0000 (GMT)

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> > SCSI device sdb: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 17916240 [9173 Mi.B] [8.5 GB]
> >
> > (And if people ask why the difference, then the 9173 is "marketing
> > megabytes", and the 8.5Gb is the "real figure".)
> >
>
> No! Let's not add more marketing crap here. Keep MB as real
> megabytes!

In which case fix Gb to be real gigabytes - one or the other

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