linux-kernel - Re: significance of using 2kb long byte_rev

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0805201302440.18899@visualserver.org>
Date:	Tue, 20 May 2008 13:05:01 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Soumyadip Das Mahapatra <kernelhacker@...ualserver.org>
To:	Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akinobu.mita@...il.com
Subject: Re: significance of using 2kb long byte_rev_table in lib/bitrev.c



On Mon, 19 May 2008, Harvey Harrison wrote:

> On Mon, 2008-05-19 at 18:59 +0200, Soumyadip Das Mahapatra wrote:
>> Hi,
>>  	i cant understand the significance of using 2kb size of
>> bit_rev_table array in lib/bitrev.c
>
> It's used in reversing the bits in a byte value as well, which your
> patch breaks (see the bitrev8 users)
>
> Harvey

Well you can do that modifying the value of k. I commented these in the
program.

Soumya

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