Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH 7/7] board/kontron/smarc-sal28/genimage.cfg: fix option suffix

[Giulio Benetti <giulio.benetti@benettiengineering.com>]

Hi Edgar,

On 11/9/21 9:26 AM, Edgar Bonet wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> Michael Walle wrote:
>> There is no "K" prefix in si units. Stictly speaking there is no "KB";
>> there is a "kB" or a "KiB".
> 
> Although not a de jure standard, quite a few Linux tools have adopted
> the following convention:
> 
>      1 KB = 1000 B (i.e. 1 kB)
>      1 K  = 1024 B (i.e. 1 KiB)

+1

> Here is an excerpt from man losetup:
> 
>      The  size  and  offset  arguments may be followed by the
>      multiplicative suffixes KiB (=1024), MiB (=1024*1024), and so on
>      for  GiB,  TiB,  PiB, EiB,  ZiB and YiB (the "iB" is optional,
>      e.g., "K" has the same meaning as "KiB") or the suffixes KB
>      (=1000), MB (=1000*1000), and  so  on  for GB, TB, PB, EB, ZB
>      and YB.

This is a good description

> Given that this is a common Linux convention, "offset = 4K" makes it
> clearer that these are KiB ("offset = 4KiB" would be still clearer if
> supported).

Thank you
Best regards
-- 
Giulio Benetti
Benetti Engineering sas

> Regards,
> 
> Edgar.
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