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From: Grant Grundler <grundler@cup.hp.com>
To: Matthew Wilcox <Matthew.Wilcox@genedata.com>
Cc: parisc-linux@thepuffingroup.com
Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Anyone got a few moments?
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 10:09:16 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <199906281709.KAA03215@milano.cup.hp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 28 Jun 1999 17:21:41 PDT." <19990628172141.G30362@mencheca.ch.genedata.com>

Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> 
> Which of the people involved in this project know PA-RISC assembler?
> 
> We need xchg() written (in include/asm-parisc/system.h) before the
> networking will compile.  We're going to need other stuff written too of
> course; I know ARM assembler, so I guess I could probably learn PA-RISC
> asm if no-one else wants to.

What does xchg() do?

If it's a byte swapper, look at "PA-RISC 2.0 Architecture", by Gerry Kane
from HP Professionl books, page I-6. That's "Programming Notes" section.
Gives examples for "Endian byte swapping" for 32 and 64-bit quantities.
They work - HP-UX is using them.

grant


Grant Grundler
Enterprise Systems Technology Lab
+1.408.447.7253

  reply	other threads:[~1999-06-28 17:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1999-06-28 15:21 [parisc-linux] Anyone got a few moments? Matthew Wilcox
1999-06-28 17:09 ` Grant Grundler [this message]
1999-06-28 17:34   ` Matthew Wilcox
1999-06-28 17:47     ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-06-28 18:10       ` Matthew Wilcox
1999-06-28 18:37         ` Alan Cox
1999-06-28 19:00           ` Matthew Wilcox
1999-06-28 19:12             ` Alan Cox
1999-06-28 18:39       ` Alan Cox

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