AW: [U-Boot-Users] Compiler question: integer division?

[Reinhard Meyer]

> How about
>
>	a = b / 5;
>  ?
>
> Will that result in
>
>	a = (b >> 2) - b;
>
> , i.e. still no division but only shift operations?

I sincerely hope NOT!

A = (B >> 2) - B  =  B/4 - B  =  -3/4 B

IMHO, divisions by non-powers of two cannot be achieved by simple shifts and
adds/subtracts in one formula - you'd always need conditional jumps and loop
constructs.

Reinhard