linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] cpumask: Change cpumask_of_cpu to use cpumask_of_cpu

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Date:	Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:26:34 -0500
From:	Paul Jackson <pj@....com>
To:	Mike Travis <travis@....com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] cpumask: Change cpumask_of_cpu to use
 cpumask_of_cpu_map

Mike wrote:
> the bit layout

See the comments near the top of lib/bitmap.c, ending with
the following lines, for documentation of the bitmap layout.

 * The byte ordering of bitmaps is more natural on little
 * endian architectures.  See the big-endian headers
 * include/asm-ppc64/bitops.h and include/asm-s390/bitops.h
 * for the best explanations of this ordering.

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