From: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
To: Timur Tabi <timur@freescale.com>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: add setmaskedbits macros
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 07:06:09 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <18115.27329.638319.717112@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <11871796461560-git-send-email-timur@freescale.com>
Timur Tabi writes:
> This patch adds the setmaskedbits_xxx() macros, which are used to set a
> multiple-bit bit pattern in a register. The macros include a mask, which
> zeros the respective bits before applying the value via a bitwise-OR.
> There are big-endian and little-endian versions for 8, 16, 32, and 64 bits.
Why do we want these? (Don't tell me, put it in the commit log. :)
Paul.
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2007-08-15 12:07 [PATCH] powerpc: add setmaskedbits macros Timur Tabi
2007-08-15 21:06 ` Paul Mackerras [this message]
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