* Jean Delvare <khali at linux-fr.org> [2003-06-03 20:20:32 +0200]: > > > Do you mean that the 6th bit has no effect, or that setting it to 1 > > > disables the watchdog? > > 5th, not 6th > > 6th, I insist. Bit number 5 is the 6th bit. You usually start numbering > with 0, but the "zeroth bit" makes no sense to me (although the word do > exist). Or maybe is it just me? Let's call it the bit accounting for 32 > :) A pedantic note: this is still ambiguous, depending on convention. E.g. Motorola's MPC500 RCPU manual labels the MSb as 0, instead of the more common LSb 0 (of Intel, and even other Motorola like 68k). I think I've heard MSb 0 called "IBM ordering". Also, this difference is unrelated to endianness. To change bit-numbering schemes has no effect on the code you write... it only affects the comments. It's more likely to screw up hardware designers though. :) Regards, -- Mark M. Hoffman mhoffman at lightlink.com
