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/* Copyright (c) 2002, Marek Michalkiewicz
   Copyright (c) 2004,2005,2007 Joerg Wunsch
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/* $Id: parity.h 1196 2007-01-23 15:34:58Z joerg_wunsch $ */

#ifndef _UTIL_PARITY_H_
#define _UTIL_PARITY_H_

/** \file */
/** \defgroup util_parity <util/parity.h>: Parity bit generation
    \code #include <util/parity.h> \endcode

    This header file contains optimized assembler code to calculate
    the parity bit for a byte.
*/
/** \def parity_even_bit
    \ingroup util_parity
    \returns 1 if \c val has an odd number of bits set. */
#define parity_even_bit(val)                            \
(__extension__({                                        \
        unsigned char __t;                              \
        __asm__ (                                       \
                "mov __tmp_reg__,%0" "\n\t"             \
                "swap %0" "\n\t"                        \
                "eor %0,__tmp_reg__" "\n\t"             \
                "mov __tmp_reg__,%0" "\n\t"             \
                "lsr %0" "\n\t"                         \
                "lsr %0" "\n\t"                         \
                "eor %0,__tmp_reg__"                    \
                : "=r" (__t)                            \
                : "0" ((unsigned char)(val))            \
                : "r0"                                  \
        );                                              \
        (((__t + 1) >> 1) & 1);                         \
 }))

#endif /* _UTIL_PARITY_H_ */