From 0f8ce4a927547b468d25b1088e918f37caa26977 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lkcl <lkcl@web>
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2021 04:16:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH]

---
 openpower/sv/bitmanip.mdwn | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+)

diff --git a/openpower/sv/bitmanip.mdwn b/openpower/sv/bitmanip.mdwn
index 6ba7fa24c..0138f9e56 100644
--- a/openpower/sv/bitmanip.mdwn
+++ b/openpower/sv/bitmanip.mdwn
@@ -492,6 +492,40 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     print("{:02x}".format(multGF2(0b10000000, 0b10000011)))
 ```
 
+gf invert
+
+```
+def gf_degree(a) :
+  res = 0
+  a >>= 1
+  while (a != 0) :
+    a >>= 1;
+    res += 1;
+  return res
+
+def gf_invert(a, mod=0x1B) :
+  v = mod
+  g1 = 1
+  g2 = 0
+  j = gf_degree(a) - 8
+
+  while (a != 1) :
+    if (j < 0) :
+      a, v = v, a
+      g1, g2 = g2, g1
+      j = -j
+
+    a ^= v << j
+    g1 ^= g2 << j
+
+    a %= 256  # Emulating 8-bit overflow
+    g1 %= 256 # Emulating 8-bit overflow
+
+    j = gf_degree(a) - gf_degree(v)
+
+  return g1
+```
+
 # crc
 
 * <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21171733/calculating-constants-for-crc32-using-pclmulqdq>
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