[Patch v2 03/11] ARM: hwcaps: use shifts instead of hardcoded constants
Sergei Shtylyov
sshtylyov at mvista.com
Mon Jun 13 09:55:16 EDT 2011
Hello.
On 08-06-2011 16:30, Will Deacon wrote:
> The HWCAP numbers are defined as constants, each one being a power of 2.
> This has become slightly unwieldy now that we have reached 32k.
> This patch changes the HWCAP defines to use (1<< n) instead of coding
> the constant directly. The values remain unchanged.
Perhaps it's better to use BIT(n) macro instead?
> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>
WBR, Sergei
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