No one asked. i had just thought it will be good to display all the output in either bits or bytes to avoid confusion to the user (I had confused).
Anyhow thanks I will modify the patch. Thanks Sasi On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Hrvoje Niksic <[email protected]> wrote: > Sasikanth <[email protected]> writes: > > > I added a new option --bits as requested in > > https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?33210. > > This patch will display all data length in bits format for --bits > > option. > > I don't think anyone requested data *length* being displayed in bits. > Measuring bandwidth in bits per second is useful for compatibility with > units used by network equipment (which at the lowest level does deal > with individual bits). On the other hand, measuring downloaded data in > bits is not widely used and adds no new information nor convenience. > > The --bits option, if implemented, should only affect bandwidth display. >
