Subject: Re: [RFCv8 PATCH net-next 00/55] net: extend the type of netdev_features_t to bitmap

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2022 13:16:56 -0700

On Sun, 18 Sep 2022 09:42:41 +0000 Jian Shen wrote:
> For the prototype of netdev_features_t is u64, and the number
> of netdevice feature bits is 64 now. So there is no space to
> introduce new feature bit.

For v9 could you filter out all the driver changes?

Focus on adding the helpers and converting core (excluding tunnel
drivers etc.) in a way that will not break the build. That way we 
can iterate on the revisions more quickly, hopefully, and convert
the drivers once we have the helpers ironed out?