From: Tomohiro Kusumi <tkusumi@xxxxxxxxxx> Definition of [KMGTP] and [KMGTP]i for kb_base=1000 are opposite. It instead describes how it works when kb_base=1024 which is default. This was originally spotted by Mikhail Terekhov in the mailing list (in a related thread about a week ago, and the patch hasn't been sent). http://www.spinics.net/lists/fio/msg06151.html Signed-off-by: Tomohiro Kusumi <tkusumi@xxxxxxxxxx> --- HOWTO | 20 ++++++++++---------- fio.1 | 20 ++++++++++---------- 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) diff --git a/HOWTO b/HOWTO index 6ecc0a6..16ae708 100644 --- a/HOWTO +++ b/HOWTO @@ -505,19 +505,19 @@ Parameter types prefixes. To specify power-of-10 decimal values defined in the International System of Units (SI): - * *Ki* -- means kilo (K) or 1000 - * *Mi* -- means mega (M) or 1000**2 - * *Gi* -- means giga (G) or 1000**3 - * *Ti* -- means tera (T) or 1000**4 - * *Pi* -- means peta (P) or 1000**5 + * *K* -- means kilo (K) or 1000 + * *M* -- means mega (M) or 1000**2 + * *G* -- means giga (G) or 1000**3 + * *T* -- means tera (T) or 1000**4 + * *P* -- means peta (P) or 1000**5 To specify power-of-2 binary values defined in IEC 80000-13: - * *K* -- means kibi (Ki) or 1024 - * *M* -- means mebi (Mi) or 1024**2 - * *G* -- means gibi (Gi) or 1024**3 - * *T* -- means tebi (Ti) or 1024**4 - * *P* -- means pebi (Pi) or 1024**5 + * *Ki* -- means kibi (Ki) or 1024 + * *Mi* -- means mebi (Mi) or 1024**2 + * *Gi* -- means gibi (Gi) or 1024**3 + * *Ti* -- means tebi (Ti) or 1024**4 + * *Pi* -- means pebi (Pi) or 1024**5 With :option:`kb_base`\=1024 (the default), the unit prefixes are opposite from those specified in the SI and IEC 80000-13 standards to provide diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1 index 31d0a3b..792bc9d 100644 --- a/fio.1 +++ b/fio.1 @@ -244,15 +244,15 @@ International System of Units (SI): .RS .P .PD 0 -Ki means kilo (K) or 1000 +K means kilo (K) or 1000 .P -Mi means mega (M) or 1000**2 +M means mega (M) or 1000**2 .P -Gi means giga (G) or 1000**3 +G means giga (G) or 1000**3 .P -Ti means tera (T) or 1000**4 +T means tera (T) or 1000**4 .P -Pi means peta (P) or 1000**5 +P means peta (P) or 1000**5 .PD .RE .P @@ -260,15 +260,15 @@ To specify power\-of\-2 binary values defined in IEC 80000\-13: .RS .P .PD 0 -K means kibi (Ki) or 1024 +Ki means kibi (Ki) or 1024 .P -M means mebi (Mi) or 1024**2 +Mi means mebi (Mi) or 1024**2 .P -G means gibi (Gi) or 1024**3 +Gi means gibi (Gi) or 1024**3 .P -T means tebi (Ti) or 1024**4 +Ti means tebi (Ti) or 1024**4 .P -P means pebi (Pi) or 1024**5 +Pi means pebi (Pi) or 1024**5 .PD .RE .P -- 2.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe fio" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
