From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Timur Tabi Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:30:54 -0500 Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] allow print_size to print large numbers on 32-bit systems In-Reply-To: <4BC364F1.1030008@freescale.com> References: <1269990179-23666-1-git-send-email-timur@freescale.com> <1269990179-23666-2-git-send-email-timur@freescale.com> <20100409202259.166C219F36@gemini.denx.de> <4BBF8DC3.4090408@freescale.com> <20100409204056.25B6A19F36@gemini.denx.de> <20100412175932.22D1919F60@gemini.denx.de> <4BC36057.30805@freescale.com> <4BC364F1.1030008@freescale.com> Message-ID: <4BC366DE.1000808@freescale.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Scott Wood wrote: > It's used often enough (including many places in U-Boot already), and > there's typically enough context, that I don't think too many would be > confused. I guess my objection that I think the whole idea is stupid doesn't count for much? I'll do it if Wolfgang insists, but I honestly believe that there was no confusion and that the introduction of KiB and its ilk just makes things worse, not better. No one is going to compare memory sizes in kilobytes with distances in kilometers and get confused. -- Timur Tabi Linux kernel developer at Freescale