netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 03/17] net: ethtool: add new ETHTOOL

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Date:	Wed, 02 Dec 2015 12:31:59 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ddecotig@...il.com
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 03/17] net: ethtool: add new
 ETHTOOL_GSETTINGS/SSETTINGS API

From: David Decotigny <ddecotig@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 22:00:58 -0800

> There is a set of conversion routines ulong[]<->u32[] to address this
> 32/64-bit compat issue.

And it's extremely ugly.

There is nothing stopping you from adding bitmap_set32() et al. helpers
to facilitate things.
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