netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] sfc: Replace enum efx_fc

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Date:	Tue, 17 May 2011 17:14:12 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	bhutchings@...arflare.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] sfc: Replace enum efx_fc_type with a
 'bitwise' type

From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 22:06:19 +0100

> But that seems to result in discarding all type information for the
> flags. I would prefer to improve type checking.

That's why I don't want a solution like your cast patch, as that
takes the typing information away.

Accept that the compiler currently doesn't want to allow enums to be
used as bit-masks, don't paper around it.

I'm not applying this patch either, you think all of this "__force"
casting stuff is better?  No way.

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