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From: "boyd, rounin" <boyd@insultant.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] struct problems
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Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 04:54:51 +0200
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From: "ron minnich" <rminnich@lanl.gov>
> yes, the whole bitfield thing is a total botch when it cames to real
> hardware. Truly bad things happen.

they did; john mackin & i fixed 'em [sending the fixes to 1127] -- ugly ...

extract field instructions just didn't work on the 780's 16 bit UBA device
registers.

don't even get me started on the 'bitmap of free/used ram' on 32V ...

bonus points: what (and how much) did the 780 set to zero on boot?