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+/*
+Copyright 2004 John Tsiombikas <nuclear@siggraph.org>
+
+This file is part of the graphics core library.
+
+The graphics core library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+The graphics core library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with the graphics core library; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+*/
+
+/* color bit shift and mask values for color packing/unpacking
+ * in a cross-endianess manner.
+ *
+ * author: John Tsiombikas 2004
+ */
+#ifndef _COLOR_BITS_H_
+#define _COLOR_BITS_H_
+
+#include "common/types.h"
+#include "common/byteorder.h"
+
+/* 32bit color shift values */
+#ifdef LITTLE_ENDIAN
+#define ALPHA_SHIFT32 24
+#define RED_SHIFT32 16
+#define GREEN_SHIFT32 8
+#define BLUE_SHIFT32 0
+#else /* BIG_ENDIAN */
+#define ALPHA_SHIFT32 0
+#define RED_SHIFT32 8
+#define GREEN_SHIFT32 16
+#define BLUE_SHIFT32 24
+#endif /* LITTLE_ENDIAN */
+
+/* 32bit color mask values */
+#define ALPHA_MASK32 0xff
+#define RED_MASK32 0xff
+#define GREEN_MASK32 0xff
+#define BLUE_MASK32 0xff
+
+/* 16bit color shift values */
+#ifdef LITTLE_ENDIAN
+#define RED_SHIFT16 11
+#define GREEN_SHIFT16 5
+#define BLUE_SHIFT16 0
+#else /* BIG_ENDIAN */
+#define RED_SHIFT16 0
+#define GREEN_SHIFT16 5
+#define BLUE_SHIFT16 11
+#endif /* LITTLE_ENDIAN */
+
+/* 16bit color mask values */
+#define RED_MASK16 0x1f
+#define GREEN_MASK16 0x3f
+#define BLUE_MASK16 0x1f
+
+/* 15bit color shift values */
+#ifdef LITTLE_ENDIAN
+#define RED_SHIFT15 10
+#define GREEN_SHIFT15 5
+#define BLUE_SHIFT15 0
+#else /* BIG_ENDIAN */
+#define RED_SHIFT15 0
+#define GREEN_SHIFT15 5
+#define BLUE_SHIFT15 10
+#endif /* LITTLE_ENDIAN */
+
+/* 15bit color mask values */
+#define RED_MASK15 0x1f
+#define GREEN_MASK15 0x1f
+#define BLUE_MASK15 0x1f
+
+
+/* color packing macros */
+#define PACK_COLOR32(a,r,g,b) \
+ ((((unsigned long)(a) & ALPHA_MASK32) << ALPHA_SHIFT32) | \
+ (((unsigned long)(r) & RED_MASK32) << RED_SHIFT32) | \
+ (((unsigned long)(g) & GREEN_MASK32) << GREEN_SHIFT32) | \
+ (((unsigned long)(b) & BLUE_MASK32) << BLUE_SHIFT32))
+
+#define PACK_COLOR24(r,g,b) PACK_COLOR32(0xff,r,g,b)
+
+#define PACK_COLOR16(r,g,b) \
+ ((((unsigned short)(r) & RED_MASK16) << RED_SHIFT16) | \
+ (((unsigned short)(g) & GREEN_MASK16) << GREEN_SHIFT16) | \
+ (((unsigned short)(b) & BLUE_MASK16) << BLUE_SHIFT16))
+
+#define PACK_COLOR15(r,g,b) \
+ ((((unsigned short)(r) & RED_MASK15) << RED_SHIFT15) | \
+ (((unsigned short)(g) & GREEN_MASK15) << GREEN_SHIFT15) | \
+ (((unsigned short)(b) & BLUE_MASK15) << BLUE_SHIFT15))
+
+#endif /* _COLOR_BITS_H_ */