Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] sfc: Replace enum efx_fc_type with a 'bitwise' type

David Miller
2011-05-18T02:23:30Z

From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 22:01:01 -0400

> On 05/17/2011 05:14 PM, David Miller wrote:
>> Accept that the compiler currently doesn't want to allow enums to be
>> used as bit-masks, don't paper around it.
>
> This practice is all over the kernel.
>
> It's a bit silly to make such a big deal, because of that.

"We do something stupid everywhere" is never a good
argument for anything.