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From: David Young <dyoung-e+AXbWqSrlAAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: radiotap <radiotap-rN9S6JXhQ+WXmMXjJBpWqg@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: naming conventions for "fixed" and "floating" bits
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 13:00:22 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080707180022.GK1269@che.ojctech.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1213901682.8967.74.camel-YfaajirXv214zXjbi5bjpg@public.gmane.org>

On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 08:54:42PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> When we were discussing the namespace bits 29 and 30 we really all knew
> we meant that those bits are reserved in _every_ 32-bit it_present value
> like the extension flag 31, not just reserved as field numbers.
> 
> Would anybody object to adopting the naming convention that the "fixed"
> bits be called "flags" and the "floating" bits be called "field
> indicators", or similar?

Works for me.

Dave

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      parent reply	other threads:[~2008-07-07 18:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-06-19 18:54 naming conventions for "fixed" and "floating" bits Johannes Berg
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2008-07-07 18:00   ` David Young [this message]

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