Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751189AbWAEHEg (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Jan 2006 02:04:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751917AbWAEHEg (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Jan 2006 02:04:36 -0500 Received: from linux01.gwdg.de ([134.76.13.21]:30384 "EHLO linux01.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751189AbWAEHEf (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Jan 2006 02:04:35 -0500 Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 08:03:48 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Adrian Bunk cc: Andrew Morton , Eric Dumazet , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Bryan O'Sullivan" Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] Define BITS_PER_BYTE In-Reply-To: <20060104232442.GX3831@stusta.de> Message-ID: References: <20051108185349.6e86cec3.akpm@osdl.org> <437226B1.4040901@cosmosbay.com> <20051109220742.067c5f3a.akpm@osdl.org> <4373698F.9010608@cosmosbay.com> <43BB1178.7020409@cosmosbay.com> <20060104034534.45d9c18a.akpm@osdl.org> <20060104232442.GX3831@stusta.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 465 Lines: 21 >What about applying and using the patch below? > >cu >Adrian > >This can make some arithmetic expressions clearer. > >+ >+#define BITS_PER_BYTE 8 Oh no :( This sounds as uncommon as CHAR_BIT in C. Jan Engelhardt -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/