Re: [PATCH 1/4] drivers/net/ethernet/sfc: Add efx_ prefix to set_bit_le()

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On Tuesday 12 June 2012, Takuya Yoshikawa wrote:
> > 
> > Hmm, any reason why we're not just using the existing non-atomic
> > __set_bit_le() here? I think the helpers in sfc and tulip can
> > just get removed if you use those.
> 
> __set_bit_le() assumes long word alignment and does endian conversion
> when needed.

Ah, I see.
 
> To be honest, I am a bit scared of changing drivers which I cannot test
> on real hardware.

Ok, let's take your patches as they are then.

With the change to add clear_bit_le:

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
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