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

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Date:	Tue, 17 May 2011 23:30:25 +0200
From:	Michał Mirosław <mirqus@...il.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, bhutchings@...arflare.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] sfc: Replace enum efx_fc_type with a
 'bitwise' type

2011/5/17 Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>:
> On Tue, 2011-05-17 at 17:14 -0400, David Miller wrote:
>> Accept that the compiler currently doesn't want to allow enums to be
>> used as bit-masks, don't paper around it.
> A patch applied yesterday using enums as bitmasks:
> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/95802/

The compiler warning is about using enum-masks in switch() statement,
IIRC. In this case it might be enough to just add the mask to the
enum.

Best Regards,
Michał Mirosław
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