[PATCH] PCI: brcmstb: Declare a bitmap as a bitmap, not as a plain 'unsigned long'

[Krzysztof Wilczyński]

Hi Florian,

[...]
> >>>> Jim, Florian and Lorenzo - is this something that would be OK with you,
> >>>> or you would rather keep things as they were?
> >>>
> >>> I would be tempted to leave the code as-is, but if we do we are probably
> >>> bound to seeing patches like Christophe's in the future to address the
> >>
> >> Even if I don't find this report in the Coverity database, it should from
> >> around April 2018.
> >> So, if you have not already received several patches for that, I doubt that
> >> you will receive many in the future.
> >>
> >>
> >> My own feeling is that using a long (and not a long *) as a bitmap, and
> >> accessing it with &long may look spurious to a reader.
> >> That said, it works.
> >>
> >> So, I let you decide if the patch is of any use. Should I need to tweak or
> >> resend it, let me know.
> > 
> > I would be pro taking it, not only to addresses the Coverity complaint, but
> > also to align the code with other drivers a little bit more.  Only if
> > the driver maintainers have no objection, that is.
> 
> Driver consistency is a strong argument, fine with me then.

Thank you!

	Krzysztof