netdev - Re: [RFCv8 PATCH net-next 00/55] net: extend the type of netdev_features

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Date:   Fri, 25 Nov 2022 16:44:21 +0100
From:   Alexander Lobakin <alexandr.lobakin@...el.com>
To:     Jian Shen <shenjian15@...wei.com>
Cc:     Alexander Lobakin <alexandr.lobakin@...el.com>,
        davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, ecree.xilinx@...il.com,
        andrew@...n.ch, hkallweit1@...il.com, saeed@...nel.org,
        leon@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linuxarm@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [RFCv8 PATCH net-next 00/55] net: extend the type of netdev_features_t to bitmap

From: Jian Shen <shenjian15@...wei.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2022 09:42:41 +0000

> For the prototype of netdev_features_t is u64, and the number
> of netdevice feature bits is 64 now. So there is no space to
> introduce new feature bit.
> 
> This patchset try to solve it by change the prototype of
> netdev_features_t from u64 to structure below:
> 	typedef struct {
> 		DECLARE_BITMAP(bits, NETDEV_FEATURE_COUNT);
> 	} netdev_features_t;
> 
> With this change, it's necessary to introduce a set of bitmap
> operation helpers for netdev features. [patch 1]

Hey,

what's the current status, how's going?

[...]

> -- 
> 2.33.0

Thanks,
Olek