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

From: Jeff Garzik <[email-masked]>
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.

	Jeff