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Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com> writes:

> On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 10:53:23PM +0100, Christian Franke wrote:
>> >Ah, and why 0xcf instead of 0xff ?
>> >
>> >  
>> 
>> ... or 0xaa or 0x55.
>
> 0xaa and 0x55 are typicaly used directly in memory because every bit is
> negated, which is precisely what `^ 0xff' would do.

Robert, can you take care of this patch?  You have more expertise with
this than I do :-)

--
Marco