RE: PROBLEM: KB->KiB, MB -> MiB, ... (IEC 60027-2)

[David Schwartz]

> Nice observation, however, it still leaves quite an amount of internal
> inconsistencies in the kernel output.

	I agree with the majority view that using the term 'MB' or 'GB' to mean a
million or a billion bytes is inaccurate. The way RAM and flash are measured
is correct. The way disk manufacturers advertise disk capacity is simply
*wrong*. There is no word for a million bytes. There is no word for a
billion bytes.

> One way of getting rid of those inconsistencies would be to follow IEC
> 60027-2 for those cases where SI is inappropriate.

	Talk about a cure worse than the disease! So you're saying that 256MB flash
cards could be advertised as having 268.4MB? A 512MB RAM stick is
mislabelled and could correctly say 536.8MB? That's just plain craziness.

	Adopting IEC 60027-2 just replaces a set of well-understood problems with
all new problems.

	DS


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