Re: [PATCH 2/5] drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip: Use standard __set_bit_le() function

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2012/6/13 Takuya Yoshikawa <takuya.yoshikawa@xxxxxxxxx>:
> On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 18:43:40 +0900
> Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Should this hash_table be converted from u16 hash_table[32] to
>> DECLARE_BITMAP(hash_table, 16 * 32) to ensure that it is aligned
>> on long-word boundary?
>
> I think hash_table is already long-word aligned because it is placed
> right after a pointer.

I recommend converting to proper bitmap.  Because such an implicit
assumption is easily broken by someone touching this function.
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