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Convert Offset to Processor Affinity Bitflags.ps1
<#
Output:
ProcessNum BitFlag BitStr
---------- ------- ------
10 1024 000000000000010000000000
11 2048 000000000000100000000000
12 4096 000000000001000000000000
13 8192 000000000010000000000000
14 16384 000000000100000000000000
15 32768 000000001000000000000000
16 65536 000000010000000000000000
17 131072 000000100000000000000000
18 262144 000001000000000000000000
19 524288 000010000000000000000000
Merged BitStr HexStr
------ ------ ------
1047552 11111111110000000000 ffc00
#>
filter ToBits {
# visualize number as bitstring
param( [int] $Width = 4 )
[Convert]::ToString($_, 2).PadLeft($Width, '0')
}
filter ToHex {
# visualize number as hex string
$Input | % ToString 'x'
}
function FlagForProcessor {
# Converts processor number 0, 1, 2 to bitflag 0b1, 0b10, 0b100, etc...
param( [int] $ProcessNum = 0 )
[int] $Bits = 1 -shl $ProcessNum
[pscustomobject]@{
ProcessNum = $ProcessNum
BitFlag = $Bits
BitStr = $Bits | ToBits -Width 24
}
}
function MergeFlags {
# use a BitWise-Or operator to accumulate multiple flags
param( $flags )
$accum = 0
foreach( $cur in $flags ) {
$accum = $accum -bor $cur
}
$accum
}
# get flags for offset 10 to 19, warning, starts at 0
$flags = 10..19 | %{
FlagForProcessor $_
}
$merged = MergeFlags $flags.BitFlag
# display final summary in a couple of number formats
$flags | ft -auto
[pscustomobject]@{
Merged = $merged
BitStr = $merged | ToBits
HexStr = $Merged | ToHex
} | ft -auto
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