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.Dd December 4, 2012
.Dt BITOPS 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm bitops
.Nd functions related to bits and integers
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In sys/bitops.h
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.In sys/bitops.h
header includes macros and
.Em static inline
functions related to bits and integers.
Among these are:
.Bl -tag -width "fast_divide32(3) " -offset indent
.It Xr bitmap 3
bitmap manipulation macros
.It Xr ffs32 3
functions to find the first and last bit in integers of type
.Vt uint32_t
and
.Vt uint64_t
.It Xr ilog2 3
a macro for binary logarithm
.It Xr fast_divide32 3
a function for fast 32-bit division
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr bits 3 ,
.Xr bitstring 3 ,
.Xr cdefs 3 ,
.Xr param 3
.Sh HISTORY
The
.In sys/bitops.h
header first appeared in
.Nx 4.0 .