union/struct representations for MAS Registers
David Laight
David.Laight at ACULAB.COM
Thu Aug 11 03:25:57 EST 2011
> I have some and use them in some code, they represent ISA
> 2.06 MAVN=1 (version 2)
> Can I keep them?
> if so, should I put them somewhere useful to others?
>
> Examples:
> union mas1 {
> u32 _val;
> struct {
> u32 v:1;
> u32 iprot:1;
> u32 tid:14;
> u32 _reserved_1:2;
> u32 ind:1;
> u32 ts:1;
> u32 tsize:4;
> u32 _reserved_2:8;
> };
> };
Bitfields are rather non-portable, the compiler has a lot of choice
about how to align the bits in memory.
Their use to map anything physical is doomed to portabilily issues.
David
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