Timur Tabi wrote: > Wolfgang Denk wrote: >> For example, how big is (ummm: was) a standard 3.5" floppy disk? >> >> 1.44 MB, right? >> >> Well, actually it's 1474560 bytes, or 1440 * 1024 bytes. >> >> So this "MB" here is 1000 * 1024 - which is complete nonsense. > > This is bad example, because the size of a floppy is neither 1.44MB nor 1.44 > MiB.
It's a good example, because it was a result of allowing prefixes like "MB" to be fuzzily defined. If you give the marketers room to interpret fuzzy things in their favor, they'll use it. -Scott _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
