Re: [PATCH RFC 0/3] API for 128-bit IO access

Andy Shevchenko
2018-01-24T15:48:03Z

On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 12:28 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 10:05 AM, Yury Norov <ynorov@caviumnetworks.com> wrote:

>> * For 128-bit read/write functions I take suffix 'o', which means read/write
>> the octet of bytes. Is this name OK?
>
> Can't think of anything better. It's not an octet though, but 16 bytes
> ('q' is for quadword, meaning four 16-bit words in Intel terminology).

It's apparently follows Intel's terminology by implying "word", so, "octetword".

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko