Re: [PATCH 3/6] C-language equivalents of include/asm-*/bitops.h
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- Richard Henderson <hidden>
- Date
- 2006-01-26 17:31:58
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- Edgar Toernig, 2006-01-26
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~