linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 01/11] dma: amba-pl08x: Use bitmap to pass variant specific quirks

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Message-ID: <20130617184856.GN2718@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:48:56 +0100
From:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Tomasz Figa <tomasz.figa@...il.com>
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	Alban Bedel <alban.bedel@...onic-design.de>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 01/11] dma: amba-pl08x: Use bitmap to pass variant
	specific quirks

On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 10:54:08PM +0200, Tomasz Figa wrote:
> Instead of defining new bool field in vendor_data struct for each quirk,
> it is more reasonable to use a single flags field and make each quirk
> use single bits.

Please explain why this is better over the existing system, and why it is
not just churn for code modification's sake.
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