Default memory unit

[David Hopwood <david.nospam.hopwood@blueyonder.co.uk>]

Keir Fraser wrote:
> On 19 Aug 2005, at 01:13, Siddha, Suresh B wrote:
> 
>>> If Kbytes is to be the default unit, then that default should 
>>> probably be encoded in 'parse_size_and_unit', rather than having
>>> code like the above convert from bytes to Kbytes in many places.
>>
>> For "mem=" option, default unit is bytes. I think we should go with the
>> linux style and make the default unit as bytes. If no one has any 
>> objections, then I can send a patch for it.
> 
> Changing it will annoy people who are used to 2.0-style dom0_mem= 
> parameter. There is no good reason to change it: it's documented and, if 
> you want to avoid confusion, just stick a unit symbol on the end.

I disagree that there's no good reason to make the default unit consistent.
Currently Xen has a relatively small user community, so the time to change
it while annoying the fewest people is now.

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David Hopwood <david.nospam.hopwood@blueyonder.co.uk>