The following reply was made to PR kern/32205; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Jonathan A. Kollasch" <jakllsch@kollasch.net>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: kern/32205: Use standard units for memory/media sizes
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 13:13:28 -0600

 On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 06:48:02PM +0000, Elad Efrat wrote:
 ~~~~~
 >  I don't know any software except lynx, even not on NetBSD, that uses
 >  these "KiB", "MiB", "GiB", etc. units.
 
 As much as I dislike it, that is true.
 
 ~~~~~
 >  Can we prefer convenience over correctness in this case and not
 >  use these units? :)
 
 OK, I'll go along with that, so long as the binary units, when used,
 are labeled ?iB (which I believe this patch does).
 
 	Jonathan Kollasch