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Date:	Sat, 22 Jun 2013 03:53:48 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Jitendra Kalsaria <jitendra.kalsaria@...gic.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	sony.chacko@...gic.com, shahed.shaikh@...gic.com,
	Dept_NX_Linux_NIC_Driver@...gic.com,
	Pratik Pujar <pratik.pujar@...gic.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 5/8] qlcnic: Cleanup of structure
 qlcnic_hardware_context

On Sat, 2013-06-22 at 04:12 -0400, Jitendra Kalsaria wrote:
> From: Pratik Pujar <pratik.pujar@...gic.com>

This isn't really a cleanup.
It's allowing more capabilities.

> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic.h
[]
> @@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ struct qlcnic_hardware_context {
>  	u16 max_pci_func;
>  
>  	u32 capabilities;
> -	u32 capabilities2;
> +	u32 extra_capability[3];

Also, it looks like it's used as a bitfield.

I suggest instead using an array of ulongs and
something like tg3's use of tg3_flag_set|tg3_flag_clear.


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