RISC-V OS using Rust: Filesystems

Re:RISC-V OS using Rust: Filesystems by kbenson on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @01:53AM (#23163884)

This whole thread is confusing to me as well. Isn't the whole point of a kibibyte to work in increments of 1024, unlike kilo, which is actually 1000, as defined by the sciences long ago?

So 1024 * 256 is 256 KiB by definition, since a Kibibyte is literally 1024 bytes, and the number of Kilobytes will by higher, since the number it represents is smaller.

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Re:RISC-V OS using Rust: Filesystems by GolDDranks on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @02:22AM (#23164034)

Either user a1369209993 is unaware of the distinction ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibibyte ) or then they are deliberately ignoring it (My guess: to defend the old definition of kilobyte = 1024 bytes) to the point that their messages look like trolling.

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Re:RISC-V OS using Rust: Filesystems by Thiez on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @05:51AM (#23165200)

Reality will forcibly catch up with them when they try to buy a new harddrive.

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Re:RISC-V OS using Rust: Filesystems by pavehawk2007 on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @10:07AM (#23166999)

That's what I thought. I really only care about how much "stuff" I can store in a block, which is 1,024 bytes. If that's 1KiB or 1.024KBs, the distinction isn't worth that much brainpower.

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