Re: [PATCH] via-velocity big-endian support

[Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>]

On Tue, Dec 25, 2007 at 11:43:33PM +0100, Francois Romieu wrote:
> > +#define DESC_OWNER cpu_to_le16(0x8000)
> > +
> 
> DESC_OWNER does not seem to be used.

*nod*
That should be removed.
 
> [...]
> > +enum {
> > +	RX_INTEN = __constant_cpu_to_le16(0x8000)
> > +};
> 
> Can we avoid using cpu_to_leXY here for consistency sake within the driver
> (and among different drivers as well) ?

???

What is the problem with having such constants?  If you mean "could we
use cpu_to_le16() instead of __constant_cpu_to_le16()", the answer's
no - that's one of the very few places where __constant_.... form is
needed (other are case <...>: and initializers for non-auto variables).