[U-Boot] [PATCH] allow print_size to print large numbers on 32-bit systems

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Timur Tabi,

In message <4BC36057.30805 at freescale.com> you wrote:
> Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> > We should use standardized names now, i. e. GiB, MiB, KiB, etc.
> 
> Ugh.  I'm not sure everyone recognizes those acronyms.  I'm expecting a lot of people to say, "What the hell is MiB?  Men in Black?"

There are also people in the world who don't really understand what
mph or "gallons per horsepower-hour" (one of my favorites) are.

But these are the official standardized IEC binary prefixes, and we
should rather use these instead of anything else.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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