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[Xen-devel] [PATCH] macros for blkif frame_and_sectors

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Subject: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] macros for blkif frame_and_sectors
From: Matt Chapman <matthewc@xxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 16:52:39 -0600
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This patch adds two macros for construction of the
frame_and_sectors field in blkif messages, to eliminate the
"magic shifts" in the blkif code.

It also increases the number of bits representing the sector
number within a page, from 3 to 5, to allow page sizes up to
16K (needed for IA64).

Tested to still work on x86.

Matt


Signed-off-by: Matthew Chapman <matthewc@xxxxxx>

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