[Xen-devel] Default memory unit

[David Hopwood <david.nospam.hopwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Keir Fraser wrote:
> On 19 Aug 2005, at 01:13, Siddha, Suresh B wrote:
>
> > > If Kbytes is to be the default unit, then that default should 
> > > probably be encoded in 'parse_size_and_unit', rather than having
> > > code like the above convert from bytes to Kbytes in many places.
> > For "mem=" option, default unit is bytes. I think we should go with the
> > linux style and make the default unit as bytes. If no one has any 
> > objections, then I can send a patch for it.
> Changing it will annoy people who are used to 2.0-style dom0_mem= 
> parameter. There is no good reason to change it: it's documented and, if 
> you want to avoid confusion, just stick a unit symbol on the end.
I disagree that there's no good reason to make the default unit consistent.
Currently Xen has a relatively small user community, so the time to change
it while annoying the fewest people is now.

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David Hopwood <david.nospam.hopwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


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