Re: [PATCH 3/6] C-language equivalents of include/asm-*/bitops.h

Richard Henderson
2006-01-26T17:30:14Z

On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 05:34:12AM +0100, Edgar Toernig wrote:
> Why shift at all?

Becuase that *is* a valid architecture tuning knob. Most risc
machines can't AND with arbitrary constants like that, and loading
the constant might bulk things up more than just using the shift.

r~