Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 20 Aug 1999 23:49:25 +0200 | From | Ralf Baechle <> | Subject | Re: [patch] the other __raw_writel's |
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On Fri, Aug 20, 1999 at 02:46:24PM -0700, B. James Phillippe wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 19, 1999 at 03:57:34PM -0700, B. James Phillippe wrote: > > > > > Isn't this because a "longword" is 32 bits? So the use of "q" for > > > "quadword" is appropriate for a 64 bit operation. > > > > How confusing, on MIPS q stands for quadword, 128 bit. > > That is confusing, and most unfortunate. Redfining the word (and thus long > and quad) is almost as broken as redefining the byte.
But a byte is only a foggy defined entity of a few bits anyway. There were and are machines with != 8 bits per byte. That's why there is the term octet. And why it's why the French comittee for keeping their language made a wrong decission ...
Ralf
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