Re: [PATCH] Cleanup bitfield endianess mess

[Pete Zaitcev]

> This patch defines new BITFIELDx macros to clean up the #ifdef mess with 
> bitfields, and starts the conversion off with the IDE/ATAPI files.

I think it may be more reliable to talk to gcc people
about adding -fprohibit-bitfields to the compiler and eradicate
bitfields from the kernel as such. If I was the benevolent
dictator, that is what I would have done (consider yourself
fortunate I'm not :-)

-- Pete