Re: [parisc-linux] Re: [PATCH 3/6] C-language equivalents of include/asm-*/bitops.h

Ralf Baechle <[email protected]> Mon, 30 Jan 2006 17:06:47 +0000

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On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 07:12:42AM +0000, Stuart Brady wrote:

> On MIPS, fls() and flz() should probably use CLO.

It actually uses clz.

> Curiously, MIPS is the only arch with a flz() function.

No longer.  The fls implementation was based on flz and fls was the only
user of flz.  So I cleaned that, once I commit flz will be gone.  Not
only a cleanup but also a minor optimization.

  Ralf