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SubjectRe: Interrupt doesn't make it to the 8259 on a ASUS P4PE mobo
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On Sun, 2003-07-20 at 14:04, Riley Williams wrote:
> When I did the "Assembler Language Maths Logic" module for my degree,
> we learned that processors used SRL (Shift Right Logical) to divide
> unsigned numbers by powers of 2, and SRA (Shift Right Arithmetic) to
> divide signed numbers by powers of 2. Can't GCC handle that?

Sure it can, but >>1 isn't the same as /2 for signed numbers.

(Hint: -1 / 2 != -1)

J

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