Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:36:00 -0600 | From | Matthew Wilcox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] scsi/sd: Fix size output in MB |
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On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 12:13:14AM +0200, Pierre Ossman wrote: > On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:45:49 -0500 > James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> wrote: > > Does MMC have the 10^3 requirement like SCSI/ATA disks do, or can you > > use 2^10 like standard computer stuff for capacities? > > Some do, some don't. I prefer the 2^10 and MiB variants as it avoids > ambiguity.
I think the most compelling reason for ensuring they're the same is that you can plug these devices into both an MMC slot directly and a card-reader and have them show up over USB. You don't want the reported capacity to change when you do that.
-- Matthew Wilcox Intel Open Source Technology Centre "Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this operating system, but compare it to ours. We can't possibly take such a retrograde step."
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