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From: Horatiu Vultur <horatiu.vultur@microchip.com>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Cc: <davem@davemloft.net>, <kuba@kernel.org>, <robh+dt@kernel.org>,
	<UNGLinuxDriver@microchip.com>, <p.zabel@pengutronix.de>,
	<linux@armlinux.org.uk>, <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	<devicetree@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 3/6] net: lan966x: add port module support
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2021 10:12:21 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20211126091221.tzrqsgawavlzitp5@soft-dev3-1.localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YZ+kvpCmWomKNr9l@lunn.ch>

The 11/25/2021 15:59, Andrew Lunn wrote:

Hi Andrew,

> 
> > If I undestood you correctly I have tried to do the following:
> >
> > struct lan966x_ifh {
> >     __be32 timestamp;
> >     __be32 bypass : 1;
> >     __be32 port : 3;
> >     ...
> > };
> >
> > But then I start to get errors from sparse:
> >
> > error: invalid bitfield specifier for type restricted __be32.
> 
> Maybe look at struct iphdr. It has bitfields for the header length and
> the IP version.

I think it would get pretty messy to add all these defines in the
lan966x_ifh struct. One reason is that the IFH contains 38 fields.

I have send another version(v4) where I think I have simplified it a little
bit more. If you think is still not clear enough, I will try again the
approach that you proposed.

> 
>     Andrew

-- 
/Horatiu

  reply	other threads:[~2021-11-26  9:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-11-23 13:55 [PATCH net-next v2 0/6] net: lan966x: Add lan966x switch driver Horatiu Vultur
2021-11-23 13:55 ` [PATCH net-next v2 1/6] dt-bindings: net: lan966x: Add lan966x-switch bindings Horatiu Vultur
2021-11-23 13:55 ` [PATCH net-next v2 2/6] net: lan966x: add the basic lan966x driver Horatiu Vultur
2021-11-23 15:31   ` Denis Kirjanov
2021-11-24  8:13     ` Horatiu Vultur
2021-11-24  3:30   ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-11-24  8:14     ` Horatiu Vultur
2021-11-23 13:55 ` [PATCH net-next v2 3/6] net: lan966x: add port module support Horatiu Vultur
2021-11-24 17:59   ` Andrew Lunn
2021-11-25  9:26     ` Horatiu Vultur
2021-11-25 14:59       ` Andrew Lunn
2021-11-26  9:12         ` Horatiu Vultur [this message]
2021-11-23 13:55 ` [PATCH net-next v2 4/6] net: lan966x: add mactable support Horatiu Vultur
2021-11-23 13:55 ` [PATCH net-next v2 5/6] net: lan966x: add ethtool configuration and statistics Horatiu Vultur
2021-11-23 13:55 ` [PATCH net-next v2 6/6] net: lan966x: Update MAINTAINERS to include lan966x driver Horatiu Vultur

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