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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: opensbi@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [QUESTION] Usage of negative number notations on unsigned numbers.
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2023 13:09:14 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87leajmm8l.fsf@igel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <PN2P287MB0754BFB8B175A81159CBBF45FABDA@PN2P287MB0754.INDP287.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM> (Karthik B. K.'s message of "Mon, 27 Nov 2023 11:59:56 +0000")

On Nov 27 2023, Karthik B K wrote:

> This is with the assumption that the encoding for -1 == 2^32-1.

No, the representation has nothing to do with that.  It's a value
conversion.

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  reply	other threads:[~2023-11-27 12:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-11-24  9:36 [QUESTION] Usage of negative number notations on unsigned numbers Karthik B K
2023-11-24 11:08 ` Andreas Schwab
2023-11-27 11:59   ` Karthik B K
2023-11-27 12:09     ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
2023-11-27 12:55       ` Karthik B K
2023-11-27 13:46         ` Andreas Schwab
2023-11-28  5:28           ` Karthik B K
2023-11-28  6:01             ` Jessica Clarke

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