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>> I still hope I am overlooking some obvious way to do the division
>>using the divide 32/32 plus a couple of shifts (like left-normalizing
>>the dividend and then right shifting back the quotient or something).
>>The PPC does not seem to have 'fractional division' in the sense, say,
>>the HC11 has (dividend*2^32/divisor would be OK for me, if I had it).
>
>Can you...
>divide the high 32 by divisor, shift the quotient and remainder 32 bits
>left, add the low 32 to the shifted remainder, divide again, and sum the
>quotient with the shifted quotient?  (Hope I got the terms right!)
>
>Obviously, there's a potential overflow when summing the shifted remainder
>and the low 32 bits.


Nevermind...that's obviously not gonna work, 'cause you're back to the
64/32 bit divide again.  Sorry, guess I shouldn't try to do mental math
first thing in the morning.


newell