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for HTML output. Some nits.
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.\" $NetBSD: bits.3,v 1.1 2006/08/31 19:24:37 dyoung Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: bits.3,v 1.2 2006/09/03 00:04:02 wiz Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2006 David Young. All rights reserved.
.\"
@ -67,16 +67,15 @@ through
.Fa n ,
inclusive, set.
It does not matter whether
.Fa m >
.Fa n or
.Fa m
<=
.Fa n .
.Fa m No \*[Gt] Fa n
or
.Fa m No \*[Lt]= Fa n .
The least significant bit is bit 0.
.El
.Pp
.Fn __SHIFTIN ,
.Fn __SHIFTOUT , and
.Fn __SHIFTOUT ,
and
.Fn __SHIFTOUT_MASK
help read and write bitfields from words:
.Pp
@ -145,24 +144,24 @@ len = __SHIFTOUT(rxstat, ATW_RXSTAT_FL_MASK);
The
.Nm bits
macros first appeared in
.Xr atw ,
.Xr atw 4 ,
with different names and implementation.
.Nm bits
macros appeared with their current names and implementation in
.Nx 4.0 .
.Sh BUGS
.Fn __BIT
and
.Fn __BITS
can only express 32-bit bitmasks.
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm bits
.Nm bits
macros were written by
.An "David Young" Aq dyoung@NetBSD.org .
.An "Matt Thomas" Aq matt@NetBSD.org
.An David Young Aq dyoung@NetBSD.org .
.An Matt Thomas Aq matt@NetBSD.org
suggested important improvements to the implementation, and
contributed the macro names
.Fn SHIFTIN
and
.Fn SHIFTOUT .
.Fn SHIFTOUT .
.Sh BUGS
.Fn __BIT
and
.Fn __BITS
can only express 32-bit bitmasks.