Re: [PATCH 1/12] generic *_bit()

Anton Altaparmakov <[email protected]> writes:

> The name seems a bit silly as I imagine most fs drivers would be able to 
> use them and there already are ext2 and minix versions.  Probably ought 
> be renamed to a more generic name like le_test_bit() or something...

Minix is even more complicated, since the on-disk format is different
between architectures (the m68k port of Minix did not handle that
correctly).

Andreas.

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