According to der Mouse:
>
>The biggest problem with this, aside from the nonportability various
>people have commented on, is that it becomes impossible to manipulate
>multiple bits at the same time.  This can be important for setting and
>clearing bits and can be useful when testing bits.
>

*shrug* just union the bit fields with an appropriate sized unsigned
integer(s).


>
>More important, which is more comfortable for our kernel hackers?  For
>what it's worth, I feel more comfortable with #defines.
>

I prefer bit fields :-)

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Brett Lymn, Computer Systems Administrator, British Aerospace Australia
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