[PATCH 4 of 20] Define BITS_PER_BYTE

Bryan O'Sullivan
2005-12-29T00:39:11Z

This can make some arithmetic expressions clearer.

Signed-off-by: Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@pathscale.com>

diff -r b792638cc4bc -r a3a00f637da6 include/linux/types.h
--- a/include/linux/types.h Wed Dec 28 14:19:42 2005 -0800
+++ b/include/linux/types.h Wed Dec 28 14:19:42 2005 -0800
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
(((bits)+BITS_PER_LONG-1)/BITS_PER_LONG)
#define DECLARE_BITMAP(name,bits) \
unsigned long name[BITS_TO_LONGS(bits)]
+
+#define BITS_PER_BYTE 8
#endif

#include <linux/posix_types.h>