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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@gmail.com>
Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>,
	akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-mips@linux-mips.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>,
	"Rafael J . Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>,
	zhangfx@lemote.com, linux-laptop@vger.kernel.org,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 5/8] Loongson: YeeLoong: add hardware monitoring driver
Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 09:47:17 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091206084717.GD2766@ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d8789fa7e97d8a170c4e2516d7ef2d2fbbe42cc6.1260082252.git.wuzhangjin@gmail.com>

Hi!

> +static int get_battery_current(void)
> +{
> +	s16 value;
> +
> +	value = (ec_read(REG_BAT_CURRENT_HIGH) << 8) |
> +		(ec_read(REG_BAT_CURRENT_LOW));
> +
> +	if (value < 0)
> +		value = ~value + 1;
> +
> +	return value;
> +}

What is going on here? I thought the value is already in two's
complement... Is the above equivalent of

	      if (value < 0)
	      	 value = -value; 

? If so, why? If not, can you add a comment?
									Pavel
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  reply	other threads:[~2009-12-06  8:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-12-06  7:01 [PATCH v8 0/8] Loongson: YeeLoong: add platform drivers Wu Zhangjin
2009-12-06  7:01 ` [PATCH v8 1/8] MIPS: add subdirectory for platform extension drivers Wu Zhangjin
2009-12-08  7:37   ` Wu Zhangjin
2009-12-06  7:01 ` [PATCH v8 2/8] Loongson: YeeLoong: add platform driver Wu Zhangjin
2009-12-06  7:01 ` [PATCH v8 3/8] Loongson: YeeLoong: add backlight driver Wu Zhangjin
2009-12-08  7:52   ` Wu Zhangjin
2009-12-06  7:01 ` [PATCH v8 4/8] Loongson: YeeLoong: add battery driver Wu Zhangjin
2009-12-06  7:01 ` [PATCH v8 5/8] Loongson: YeeLoong: add hardware monitoring driver Wu Zhangjin
2009-12-06  8:47   ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2009-12-07  0:54     ` Wu Zhangjin
2009-12-07  8:04       ` Pavel Machek
2009-12-07  9:41         ` Wu Zhangjin
2009-12-07  9:49           ` Pavel Machek
2009-12-07 11:01             ` Wu Zhangjin
2009-12-08  7:09               ` Pavel Machek
2009-12-08  7:26                 ` Wu Zhangjin
2009-12-08  6:50             ` Wu Zhangjin
2009-12-08  7:06               ` Pavel Machek
2009-12-08  7:18                 ` Wu Zhangjin
2009-12-06  7:01 ` [PATCH v8 6/8] Loongson: YeeLoong: add video output driver Wu Zhangjin
2009-12-06  7:01 ` [PATCH v8 7/8] Loongson: YeeLoong: add suspend support Wu Zhangjin
2009-12-06  7:01 ` [PATCH v8 8/8] Loongson: YeeLoong: add input/hotkey driver Wu Zhangjin
2009-12-07  6:48   ` Dmitry Torokhov
2009-12-07  7:26     ` Wu Zhangjin
2009-12-08  6:52     ` Wu Zhangjin
2009-12-08  7:23       ` Dmitry Torokhov
2009-12-08  7:34         ` Wu Zhangjin

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