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14.Dd April 12, 2022
15.Dt BITX64 9F
16.Os
17.Sh NAME
18.Nm bitx8 ,
19.Nm bitx16 ,
20.Nm bitx32 ,
21.Nm bitx64
22.Nd extract bits from an integer
23.Sh SYNOPSIS
24.In sys/bitext.h
25.Ft uint8_t
26.Fo bitx8
27.Fa "uint8_t value"
28.Fa "uint_t high"
29.Fa "uint_t low"
30.Fc
31.Ft uint16_t
32.Fo bitx16
33.Fa "uint16_t value"
34.Fa "uint_t high"
35.Fa "uint_t low"
36.Fc
37.Ft uint32_t
38.Fo bitx32
39.Fa "uint32_t value"
40.Fa "uint_t high"
41.Fa "uint_t low"
42.Fc
43.Ft uint64_t
44.Fo bitx64
45.Fa "uint64_t value"
46.Fa "uint_t high"
47.Fa "uint_t low"
48.Fc
49.Sh INTERFACE LEVEL
50.Sy Volatile -
51This interface is still evolving in illumos.
52API and ABI stability is not guaranteed.
53.Sh PARAMETERS
54.Bl -tag -width Fa
55.It Fa value
56An integer to extract a value from.
57.It Fa high
58The high end, inclusive, of the bit range to extract from
59.Fa value .
60.It Fa low
61The low end, inclusive, of the bit range to extract from
62.Fa value .
63.El
64.Sh DESCRIPTION
65The
66.Fn bitx8 ,
67.Fn bitx16 ,
68.Fn bitx32 ,
69and
70.Fn bitx64
71functions are used to extract a range of bits from on an 8, 16, 32, and
7264-bit value respectively.
73These functions are all implementations of a classical application of a
74bitwise-AND of a mask and a logical right shift.
75More specifically, the arguments
76.Fa high
77and
78.Fa low
79describe an inclusive range of bits
80.Po
81.Pf [ Fa low ,
82.Fa high ]
83.Pc
84to extract from
85.Fa value .
86The extracted bits are all shifted right such that the resulting value
87starts at bit 0
88.Po that is, shifted over by
89.Fa low
90.Pc .
91.Pp
92Each of the variants here operates on a specifically sized integer.
93.Fa high
94and
95.Fa low
96must fit within the bit range that the integer implies.
97For example, the valid range for
98.Fa bitx32
99is from 0 to 31.
100.Fa high
101must not be less than
102.Fa low .
103.Sh CONTEXT
104These functions may be called in all contexts,
105.Sy user ,
106.Sy kernel ,
107and
108.Sy interrupt .
109.Sh RETURN VALUES
110Upon successful completion, the
111.Fn bitx8 ,
112.Fn bitx16 ,
113.Fn bitx32 ,
114and
115.Fn bitx64
116functions all return the indicated portion of
117.Fa val .
118.Sh SEE ALSO
119.Xr bitdel64 9F ,
120.Xr bitset64 9F
121