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Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 07:06:09 +1000
From: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
To: Timur Tabi <timur@freescale.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: add setmaskedbits macros
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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.