Re: Newbie looking to figure out how to do a port!

der Mouse <[email protected]> Mon, 20 Feb 2006 05:12:21 -0500 (EST)

Newsgroups	gmane.os.netbsd.devel.ports
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> #define BASE_BAUD (((400*1000000)/((0x3C>>1)+1))/16)

> What I don't get is...

> Why would anyone write "/31" as "/((0x3C>>1)+1)"?

Perhaps because it more closely mirrors the way some external document
specifies something?  I've seen such things often enough.

After all, why would anyone write 12903225 as (400*1000000)/31, either?

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