Re: [PATCH] Cleanup bitfield endianess mess

From: Pete Zaitcev (zaitcev@redhat.com)
Date: Sun Nov 03 2002 - 19:32:48 EST


> This patch defines new BITFIELDx macros to clean up the #ifdef mess with
> bitfields, and starts the conversion off with the IDE/ATAPI files.

I think it may be more reliable to talk to gcc people
about adding -fprohibit-bitfields to the compiler and eradicate
bitfields from the kernel as such. If I was the benevolent
dictator, that is what I would have done (consider yourself
fortunate I'm not :-)

-- Pete
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