This bug was fixed in the package net-tools - 1.60-19ubuntu2
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net-tools (1.60-19ubuntu2) intrepid; urgency=low
* Change units to be multiples of 10, there is compelling argument that
this is better for transfer speeds and bandwidths. Remove mention of
IEC 60027-2 units
See the original change to ifconfig in Ubuntu for gutsy at
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/net-tools/+bug/119998
That was was a request to change to reporting by decimal multiples, but
ended up just changing the names of the units from e.g. GiB to GB.
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Ifconfig uses incorrect
I agree that a good citation on the units used for of datacom like ethernet
would be useful. A bit of poking thru
http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/download/802.3-2005_section1.pdf
shows lots of references to things like 100 Mb/s and 1000 Mb/s but I
haven't found a totally clear statement
Our policy is to use the most appropriate unit that might be expected.
For disk sizes and partitioning, we use thousands of bytes since that is
what disk manufacturers use. This means that a drive that is termed by
the manufacturer as 80 GB will be shown as 80 GB.
For memory sizes and RAM, we
Colin next to me pointed out we should find out what the actual speeds
of things like 802.3 (ethernet), 802.11 (wifi), DSL, etc. are quoted in.
Is a 100 Mb/s LAN 100,000,000 b/s or 104,857,600 b/s? If someone can
provide a cited reference to the specification, we'll know what unit to
use for
I vote for using standards consistently and logically. Doing otherwise
leads to ongoing confusion. Haven't we learned, and championed, this
message over and over in the past?
Marketing materials and even usage in standards will vary by country,
culture, time and market niche. Basing technical
Why do you think using WRONG units will decrease confusion. That's about as
paradoxical as it gets. Standards were instituted for a reason. Is this not
what we blame Microsoft always for?
It's this that is making me confused. If I see MB I don't know whether it means
a million or a million 48
Bandwidth is generally measured using decimal multiples. 100 Mb/sec
Ethernet is 100,000,000 bits/sec, and a 128 kbit/s MP3 stream consumes
128,000 bits per second.
IEEE, ISO, IEC, NIST and CENELEC all deprecate the use of SI units for
other than powers of 10, and endorse binary prefixes like
** Bug watch added: Red Hat Bugzilla #118006
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=118006
** Also affects: net-tools (Fedora) via
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=118006
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown
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Ifconfig uses incorrect units
** Changed in: net-tools (Fedora)
Status: Unknown = Fix Released
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Ifconfig uses incorrect units
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/240073
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I think the more correct thing to do is change how units are display in
ifconfig output from GB to GiB, rather than changing how the math is
done. I found a corresponding upstream bug report with a patch for this
and will add a bug watch for it.
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #241501
** Changed in: net-tools (Debian)
Status: Unknown = New
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** Changed in: net-tools (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Confirmed
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** Attachment added: Use correct units
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15320362/ifconfig.patch
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Eternal shame is mine. This is a correcter patch.
** Attachment added: ifconfig.patch
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15320383/ifconfig.patch
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