Re: [RFC (v7)] add basic register-field manipulation macros

[Kalle Valo]

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 10:11 AM, Jakub Kicinski
> <jakub.kicinski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> This is what I came up with.  Changes:
>
> I can live with this, certainly. I'm not really sure how many drivers
> (or perhaps core code, for that matter) will actually start using it,
> but it at least _looks_ like a usable interface that seems to be quite
> resistant to people doing stupid things with it that would result in
> surprising results (either performance or semantics).

I'm guessing that at least in ath9k and ath10k there would be use of
these macros.

> So I'm ok with something like this coming through (for example) the
> wireless tree if the drivers there are the first ones to start using
> this.
>
> Let's see if anybody else objects.

Great, thanks for the help. Let's wait for other comments and Jakub can
then resend this without RFC. I can then take it through my tree.

-- 
Kalle Valo