[PATCH v4] sound: rawmidi: Add framing mode

[Jaroslav Kysela]

Dne 12. 04. 21 v 13:17 Takashi Iwai napsal(a):

>> In this case, we have 31 free bits and this information can be stored there. I
>> would prefer to keep the reserved bytes for some large fields.
> 
> Again, C language doesn't define the position of the bit fields.
> That's the primary problem.

Yes and no. It seems that it's not a big C compiler implementation problem,
because other drivers are using the bitfields in the uapi structures, too.
Yes, it may need some extra care.

> If we really have to save the space, it's a nice workaround.  But for
> other purposes, there is really little merit and more flip side by
> that.

I see your reluctance to talk about extension of the bit field word, but
perhaps, we may be clever and define the flag word for the newly added
parameters now. The space may be used more precisely in the future with this
change.

					Jaroslav

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Jaroslav Kysela <perex at perex.cz>
Linux Sound Maintainer; ALSA Project; Red Hat, Inc.