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Don't say "rightmost" when referring to the least significant bit.

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PR:		docs/94803
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Ruslan Ermilov 2006-10-12 15:08:41 +00:00
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@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
.\" @(#)ffs.3 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd January 13, 2004
.Dd October 12, 2006
.Dt FFS 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ The
.Fn ffs
and
.Fn ffsl
functions find the first bit set in
functions find the first bit set
(beginning with the least significant bit)
in
.Fa value
and return the index of that bit.
.Pp
@ -72,8 +74,7 @@ functions find the last bit set in
.Fa value
and return the index of that bit.
.Pp
Bits are numbered starting from 1, starting at the right-most
(least significant) bit.
Bits are numbered starting at 1 (the least significant bit).
A return value of zero from any of these functions means that the
argument was zero.
.Sh SEE ALSO