netdev - Re: [PATH RFC net-next 7/8] net: phy: Replace phy driver features u32 with link

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Date:   Sun, 16 Sep 2018 19:59:47 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATH RFC net-next 7/8] net: phy: Replace phy driver features
 u32 with link_mode bitmap

> By that you mean having to determine whether you overflow the
> capacity of an unsigned long storage type and having to put the bits
> in either unsigned long [0] or [1]? Being able to eliminate the
> duplication would also be nice, but I cannot think about a smart
> solution at compile time that would avoid doing that.

Hi Florian

I've given up on doing it at compile time. I'm working on a run-time
solution at the moment, which i think looks better. I will probably
split the patchset. Post for merging all but the last two patches, and
then an RFC for replacing this patch.

    Andrew