hello. It strikes me that if you've already written the code to fetch and store 8, 16, 32 and sometimes 64 bit values, it should be committed. If other OS's have this functionality, then it means applications wil use it and subsequent porting of such applications to NetBSD will be easier if the functionality is there. It may seem like I'm arguing we should do it because others did, and perhaps I am to some extent, but having an easy platform to port aplications to makes netBSD much more attractive than it would be if a bunch of functionality that's expected by application authors is missing.
Just my 2 cents. -thanks -Brian
