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SubjectRe: [patch] the other __raw_writel's
On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Ralf Baechle wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 19, 1999 at 03:57:34PM -0700, B. James Phillippe wrote:
>
> > Isn't this because a "longword" is 32 bits? So the use of "q" for
> > "quadword" is appropriate for a 64 bit operation.
>
> How confusing, on MIPS q stands for quadword, 128 bit.

That is confusing, and most unfortunate. Redfining the word (and thus long
and quad) is almost as broken as redefining the byte.

-bp
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