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From: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 23:29:17 GMT
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To: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl, phillips@bonn-fries.net, torvalds@transmeta.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] size-in-bytes
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>> This is ugly, one finds a lot of shifting left and right, as in
>>      limit = (size << BLOCK_SIZE_BITS) >> sector_bits;

> We want to stay with the shift counts.

You misunderstand.
I meant what I said in a very literal way, not as some kind
of colloquial expression.
And "left and right" has been replaced by "right".

Andries
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