I wrote:
> 1. I more liked the previous byte fields instead of the bitmasks.
> bitfield/bitmask instructions are at least 2 bytes longer than a simple
> test instruction for m68k.
Additional note: The currently used bitfield instruction can be quite
expensive, where all we need is an atomic read and write, but not an
atomic test/modify.
bye, Roman
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