> I do have a question though: what does a signed bitfield of 1 mean? > I mean.. the variables are "int", so signed.... where will the compiler > store the sign bit??? It sign extends so you get 0 or -1. Yes it would be good to use unsigned to avoid suprises. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-serial" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html