From: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
To: Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>, Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>,
"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
linux-efi@vger.kernel.org,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Robert Elliott <elliott@hpe.com>,
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>,
Taku Izumi <izumi.taku@jp.fujitsu.com>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/14] x86/efi: Print size in binary units in efi_print_memmap
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2016 14:36:22 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHp75VexzDnXocGCwqv3ii_7_9UqspZEWCnMyyXMtwErD5Hd5A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160203112829.GC2597@codeblueprint.co.uk>
On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 1:28 PM, Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, 03 Feb, at 11:40:45AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>>
>> So I kind of agree. Memory is almost never measured in marketing bytes, we should
>> simply output KB/MB/GB/TB/PB/EB like the rest of the memory management code does
>> and ignore all the 'i' silliness that infests storage sizes ...
>
> Thanks guys.
>
> OK, this patch has caused enough headaches. Let's drop it from this
> series.
>
> Robert, Andy, feel free to resubmit it after you've addressed
> everyone's concerns and we can discuss it in isolation.
Personally I gave up to promote standards. I have started with KB, MB,
etc, but I like that eventually we have a distinct standard for binary
vs. decimal units.
--
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-02-03 12:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 54+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-02-01 22:06 [GIT PULL 00/14] EFI changes for v4.6 Matt Fleming
2016-02-01 22:06 ` [PATCH 01/14] efi: Expose non-blocking set_variable() wrapper to efivars Matt Fleming
2016-02-03 11:31 ` [tip:efi/core] " tip-bot for Ard Biesheuvel
2016-02-01 22:06 ` [PATCH 02/14] efi: Remove redundant efi_set_variable_nonblocking prototype Matt Fleming
2016-02-03 11:31 ` [tip:efi/core] efi: Remove redundant efi_set_variable_nonblocking () prototype tip-bot for Ard Biesheuvel
2016-02-01 22:06 ` [PATCH 03/14] efi: runtime-wrappers: Add a nonblocking version of QueryVariableInfo Matt Fleming
2016-02-03 11:31 ` [tip:efi/core] efi/runtime-wrappers: Add a nonblocking version of QueryVariableInfo() tip-bot for Ard Biesheuvel
2016-02-01 22:06 ` [PATCH 04/14] efi: Add nonblocking option to efi_query_variable_store() Matt Fleming
2016-02-03 11:32 ` [tip:efi/core] " tip-bot for Ard Biesheuvel
2016-02-01 22:06 ` [PATCH 05/14] efi: runtime-wrappers: Remove out of date comment regarding in_nmi() Matt Fleming
2016-02-03 11:32 ` [tip:efi/core] efi/runtime-wrappers: " tip-bot for Ard Biesheuvel
2016-02-01 22:07 ` [PATCH 06/14] efi: runtime-wrapper: Get rid of the rtc_lock spinlock Matt Fleming
2016-02-03 11:32 ` [tip:efi/core] efi: Runtime-wrapper: " tip-bot for Ard Biesheuvel
2016-02-01 22:07 ` [PATCH 07/14] efi: runtime-wrappers: Run UEFI Runtime Services with interrupts enabled Matt Fleming
2016-02-03 9:43 ` Ingo Molnar
2016-02-03 9:57 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2016-02-03 10:58 ` Ingo Molnar
2016-02-03 11:33 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2016-02-03 12:01 ` Matt Fleming
2016-02-04 13:58 ` [PATCH] efi: runtime-wrappers: run " Ard Biesheuvel
2016-02-08 15:16 ` Matt Fleming
2016-02-08 19:37 ` Andy Lutomirski
2016-02-09 16:52 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2016-02-11 16:03 ` Matt Fleming
2016-02-11 16:04 ` Matt Fleming
2016-02-01 22:07 ` [PATCH 08/14] efivars: Use to_efivar_entry Matt Fleming
2016-02-03 11:33 ` [tip:efi/core] " tip-bot for Geliang Tang
2016-02-01 22:07 ` [PATCH 09/14] x86/efi-bgrt: Don't ignore the BGRT if the 'valid' bit is 0 Matt Fleming
2016-02-03 11:33 ` [tip:efi/core] x86/efi/bgrt: " tip-bot for Môshe van der Sterre
2016-02-01 22:07 ` [PATCH 10/14] efi: Make checkpatch complain less about efi.h GUID additions Matt Fleming
2016-02-03 10:33 ` Ingo Molnar
2016-02-03 10:44 ` Matt Fleming
2016-02-03 10:50 ` Ingo Molnar
2016-02-03 11:18 ` Matt Fleming
2016-02-03 11:27 ` Ingo Molnar
2016-02-03 11:09 ` Joe Perches
2016-02-01 22:07 ` [PATCH 11/14] x86/efi: Show actual ending addresses in efi_print_memmap Matt Fleming
2016-02-02 8:49 ` Laszlo Ersek
2016-02-03 11:33 ` [tip:efi/core] " tip-bot for Robert Elliott
2016-02-01 22:07 ` [PATCH 12/14] efi: Add NV memory attribute Matt Fleming
2016-02-02 8:54 ` Laszlo Ersek
2016-02-03 11:34 ` [tip:efi/core] " tip-bot for Robert Elliott
2016-02-01 22:07 ` [PATCH 13/14] efi: Add Persistent Memory type name Matt Fleming
2016-02-02 8:56 ` Laszlo Ersek
2016-02-03 11:34 ` [tip:efi/core] " tip-bot for Robert Elliott
2016-02-01 22:07 ` [PATCH 14/14] x86/efi: Print size in binary units in efi_print_memmap Matt Fleming
2016-02-02 9:22 ` Laszlo Ersek
2016-02-03 10:40 ` Ingo Molnar
2016-02-03 11:28 ` Matt Fleming
2016-02-03 12:36 ` Andy Shevchenko [this message]
2016-02-03 15:25 ` Elliott, Robert (Persistent Memory)
2016-02-09 12:20 ` Ingo Molnar
2016-02-09 12:53 ` Laszlo Ersek
2016-02-09 13:14 ` Ingo Molnar
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