linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc/le: enable RTAS events support

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Date:	Mon, 31 Mar 2014 09:27:16 +1100
From:	Stewart Smith <stewart@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Greg Kurz <gkurz@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, benh@...nel.crashing.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, paulus@...ba.org, anton@...ba.org,
	nfont@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/le: enable RTAS events support

Greg Kurz <gkurz@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
>  struct rtas_error_log {
> +#ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN__
> +	/* Byte 0 */
>  	unsigned long version:8;		/* Architectural version */
> +	/* Byte 1 */

I think it would be great if we got rid of the usage of bitfields. As
soon as the mood of the compiler changes, this code is going to break.

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