linux-kernel - Re: [PWM PATCH 2/5] Emulates PWM hardware using a high-resolution timer and a GPIO pin

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Date:	Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:13:11 +0100
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	"Stanislav O. Bezzubtsev" <stas@....cs.msu.su>
Cc:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Bill Gatliff <bgat@...lgatliff.com>,
	linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PWM PATCH 2/5] Emulates PWM hardware using a high-resolution 
	timer and a GPIO pin

2010/2/12 Stanislav O. Bezzubtsev <stas@....cs.msu.su>:
> The second strange thing is "unsigned long <name>:1". I'm not sure but as far as I can remember the right way to define several-bits field is "int <name>:1". But I might be mistaken.

A bitfield of size 1 should not be signed, as there's no space for a sign bit.
Usually, you want all bitfields to be unsigned anyway.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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