netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/3] Blackfin ethernet driver: on chip ethernet MAC controller driver

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Date:	Sat, 14 Jul 2007 16:33:27 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>
CC:	Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com>, bryan.wu@...log.com,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Blackfin ethernet driver: on chip ethernet MAC controller
 driver

Michael Buesch wrote:
> Well, this bitfield _might_ be OK (although I don't like bitfields
> at all), but the above pointer casting stuff should really use
> leXX_to_cpu. It's so easy to use and it is easier to read and
> maintain the code afterwards.
> If the bitfield stays, a comment must be added.

Regardless of endian issues, the bitfield usage should go away.

	Jeff


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