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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 09:39:36 -0700
From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix documentation of SI vs. binary prefixes
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To: "Elliott, Robert (Server Storage)" <Elliott@hp.com>
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On Tue, Feb 11 2014, Elliott, Robert (Server Storage) wrote:
> fio specifies SI and binary units backwards, presumably for
> compatibility with old scripts.  The description in HOWTO and the man
> page should acknowledge this.  I suggest fixing it something like
> this.

It's weird how that happened, I don't even remember, to be honest. I
would agree with John here that we just need to make the painful switch,
and potentially add a switch for backwards compatability.

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Jens Axboe