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    mtd: improve parameter parsing for block2mtd · 954c2422
    Joern Engel authored
    Expand the parameter parsing for block2mtd.  It now accepts:
    Ki, Mi, Gi	- the official prefixes for binary multiples,
    		  see http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html,
    ki		- mistake on my side and analog to "k" for decimal multiples,
    KiB, MiB, GiB	- for people that prefer to add a "B" for byte,
    kiB		- combination of the above.
    
    There were complaints about not accepting "k" for 1024.  This has long
    been common practice, but is known to lead to confusion.  Hence the new
    SI units and hence block2mtd only accepts units that cannot be confused
    with decimal units.  Diverging from common practice doesn't always please
    people, even if the change is for the better.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJoern Engel <joern@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de>
    Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
    Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
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