Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 23:38:58 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Switching to [KMGTPE]i prefixes? Message-ID: <B16D6A44-97C4-4F31-8B3C-F2C4B71EB5BC@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20110325015508.GA14565@freebsd.org> References: <20110325002115.GA323@freebsd.org> <20110325015508.GA14565@freebsd.org>
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The new flag is '0x0f' but it should be '0x40' since that's a bit = field... I did some doodling with this as well in my tree, and came up with = something similar. I had an ifdef that forced the new mode, but I was = never happy with the results. Warner On Mar 24, 2011, at 7:55 PM, Alexander Best wrote: > here's a rough draft. it introduces a new flag called HN_IEC_PREFIXES = so > nothing should get broken and each utility can decide for itself = whether to use > the SI binary, SI decimal or the IEC certified prefixes. >=20 > another possibility would be to #ifdef the extra code. this would = offer the > possibility to turn the new code on or off without having to adjust = any > utilities. of course this behaviour should be disabled by default in = order to > maintain compatibility. >=20 > cheers. > alex >=20 > --=20 > a13x > <IEC_80000_13.diff>_______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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