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SubjectRe: [PATCH][2.6] IBM PowerPC Virtual Ethernet Driver


On Wed, 18 Feb 2004, Keith Owens wrote:
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> There is no scope for a compiler to reorder the members or the bit
> fields of a structure.

The actual bit ordering is implementation-defined, though, so in effect
the bitfield setup _does_ depend on the compiler and architecture details.

Linus
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