1 Dec 2005 03:16
kern/32205: Use standard units for memory/media sizes
Christian Biere <christianbiere <at> gmx.de>
2005-12-01 02:16:00 GMT
2005-12-01 02:16:00 GMT
>Number: 32205 >Category: kern >Synopsis: Use standard units for memory/media sizes >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: kern-bug-people >State: open >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: net >Arrival-Date: Thu Dec 01 02:16:00 +0000 2005 >Originator: Christian Biere >Release: NetBSD 3.99.13 >Environment: System: NetBSD cyclonus 3.99.13 NetBSD 3.99.13 (STARSCREAM) #5: Thu Dec 1 02:47:07 CET 2005 bin <at> cyclonus:/o/NetBSD/obj/sys/arch/i386/compile/STARSCREAM i386 Architecture: i386 Machine: i386 >Description: The kernel boot messages use the infamous non-standard units to display memory and media sizes, so that for example a 120 GB disk is falsely reported as 111 GB disk. 111 GiB would be correct but such binary units are only commonly used for chip-based memory. >How-To-Repeat: $ dmesg >Fix:(Continue reading)
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