From 425fb4572b56e773c6feae1bee496acc68f6a1bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 17:51:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add a Numerical Conventions section

From David Black.
---
 scsi-nvme.md | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scsi-nvme.md b/scsi-nvme.md
index 428e04c..4104373 100644
--- a/scsi-nvme.md
+++ b/scsi-nvme.md
@@ -159,6 +159,14 @@ Metadata Server (MDS)
   client access to a set of file systems and is identified by a server
   owner.
 
+## Numerical Conventions {#ssc:intro:conv}
+
+Numerical values defined in the SCSI specifications, e.g., {{SPC5}}, and the
+NVMe specifications, e.g., {{NVME-BASE}}, are represented using the same
+conventions as those specifications wherein a 'b' suffix denotes a binary
+(base 2) number, e.g., 110b = 6 decimal, and an 'h' suffix denotes a
+hexadecimal (base 16) number, e.g., 1ch = 28 decimal.
+
 
 # SCSI Layout mapping to NVMe {#sec:slm}
 
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2.50.1