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SubjectRe: [PATCH 8/15] New set of input patches: atkbd - use bitfields
Hi!

> >
> > ChangeSet@1.1909, 2004-04-20 22:29:12-05:00, dtor_core@ameritech.net
> > Input: remove unneeded fields in atkbd structure, convert to bitfields
>
> I think this is incorrect. We cannot set the bits in bitfields
> atomically, which we need in some cases. We probably need to add
> volatiles to some of them, too.

If you need volatile in the driver, then the driver is probably buggy.
Pavel
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