linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 05/24] thunderbolt: Rework capability handling

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Message-ID: <E607265CB020454880711A6F96C05A030106863C3E@hasmsx107.ger.corp.intel.com>
Date:   Mon, 22 May 2017 09:58:01 +0000
From:   "Levy, Amir (Jer)" <amir.jer.levy@...el.com>
To:     Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andreas Noever <andreas.noever@...il.com>
CC:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Jamet, Michael" <michael.jamet@...el.com>,
        "Bernat, Yehezkel" <yehezkel.bernat@...el.com>,
        Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        "Mario.Limonciello@...l.com" <Mario.Limonciello@...l.com>,
        "Jared.Dominguez@...l.com" <Jared.Dominguez@...l.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 05/24] thunderbolt: Rework capability handling

On Mon, May 22 2017, 12:45 PM, Mika Westerberg wrote:
> I'm not sure it is good idea to use bit fields here at all. I'm not an expert in C
> but I remember reading somewhere that they are not suitable for representing
> fields inside hardware registers. 
> 

http://yarchive.net/comp/linux/bitfields.html