From: Vivek Kutal <vivek.kutal@gmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Need for SHIFT and MASK
Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 17:32:36 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b9a245c10510090502r4e87696fqe111c0071e7f2a03@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
Hi ,
While browsing through the code i came across macros like SHIFT , MASK
, SIZE which are used in conversion from linear address to physical
address
but this is the job of the processor (address translation) then why do
we have these macros
can anyone please explain.
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Thanks and Regards
Vivek Kutal
http://vivekkutal.blogspot.com
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."
next reply other threads:[~2005-10-09 12:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-10-09 12:02 Vivek Kutal [this message]
2005-10-09 12:23 ` Ingo Oeser
2005-10-09 18:40 ` Vivek Kutal
2005-10-10 0:21 ` Fawad Lateef
2005-10-10 13:13 ` Vivek Kutal
2005-10-10 16:49 ` Fawad Lateef
2005-10-10 14:37 ` Denis Vlasenko
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