add basic register-field manipulation macros
Common approach to accessing register fields is to define structures or sets of macros containing mask and shift pair. Operations on the register are then performed as follows: field = (reg >> shift) & mask; reg &= ~(mask << shift); reg |= (field & mask) << shift; Defining shift and mask separately is tedious. Ivo van Doorn came up with an idea of computing them at compilation time based on a single shifted mask (later refined by Felix) which can be used like this: #define REG_FIELD 0x000ff000 field = FIELD_GET(REG_FIELD, reg); reg &= ~REG_FIELD; reg |= FIELD_PREP(REG_FIELD, field); FIELD_{GET,PREP} macros take care of finding out what the appropriate shift is based on compilation time ffs operation. GENMASK can be used to define registers (which is usually less error-prone and easier to match with datasheets). This approach is the most convenient I've seen so to limit code multiplication let's move the macros to a global header file. Attempts to use static inlines instead of macros failed due to false positive triggering of BUILD_BUG_ON()s, especially with GCC < 6.0. Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com> Reviewed-by: Dinan Gunawardena <dinan.gunawardena@netronome.com> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
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