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authorQuincey Koziol <koziol@hdfgroup.org>2004-06-28 20:27:47 (GMT)
committerQuincey Koziol <koziol@hdfgroup.org>2004-06-28 20:27:47 (GMT)
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[svn-r8754] Purpose:
Update format info Description: Clarify description of filter mask flags for chunked datasets.
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<td>Bytes 4-8:</td>
<td>Filter mask, a 32-bit bitfield indicating which
- filters have been applied to that chunk.</td>
+ filters have been skipped for this chunk. Each filter
+ has an index number in the pipeline (starting at 0, with
+ the first filter to apply) and if that filter is skipped,
+ the bit corresponding to it's index is set.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><em>N</em> 64-bit fields:</td>