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

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Timur Tabi,

In message <4BC366DE.1000808 at freescale.com> you wrote:
>
> 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.

Well, there _is_ a lot of confusion

For example, how big is (ummm: was) a standard 3.5" floppy disk?

1.44 MB, right?

Well, actually it's 1474560 bytes, or 1440 * 1024 bytes.

So this "MB" here is 1000 * 1024 - which is complete nonsense.

Let's use the official standard units, please. We may not like them,
but at least they will not cause a $125 million Mars orbiter to
crash...

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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