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Question about PCIe throughput's unit

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https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-settings/blob/e55a7ed4e4907f5b74fa54c71d4f1ac4a9ee6c29/src/nvml.h#L4616
throughput in KB/s, should it be MB/s here? Which matches the result of nvbandwidth

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Start at src/nvml.h#L4616 and compare the documented PCIe throughput unit with the nvbandwidth result referenced in the issue. Confirm whether the unit should remain KB/s or change to MB/s; done means the header's wording accurately matches the reported value.

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c
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Documentation
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2/5
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