netdev - RE: [PATCH 2/2] netdev: octeon_mgmt: Fix structure layout for little-endian.

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Message-ID: <AE90C24D6B3A694183C094C60CF0A2F6026B729B@saturn3.aculab.com>
Date:	Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:47:57 +0100
From:	"David Laight" <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:	"David Daney" <ddaney.cavm@...il.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	<linux-mips@...ux-mips.org>, "David Daney" <david.daney@...ium.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 2/2] netdev: octeon_mgmt: Fix structure layout for little-endian.

> The C ABI reverses the bitfield fill order when compiled as
> little-endian.

No - it is completely implementation defined.
The general concensus is not to use bitfields if you
care at all about the bit assignments.

	David



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