Thanks a lot for answering.

I have to ask a follow-up question. How does the bitfields tool chime in
with the rest of the build process?

Here is a build step that I have logged:

Den mån 13 maj 2019 kl 15:34 skrev G. Branden Robinson <
[email protected]>:

> Hi, Mike!
>
> At 2019-05-13T14:21:41+0200, Mike Epoch wrote:
> > I am new to this list so please forgive me if this question has been
> > asked before.
>
> No worries; it's a low-traffic list.
>
> > The seL4 code base contains a slew of files with a file type of "bf".
> > These files seem to define packed structs that are to fit into words
> > or d-words.
>
> Yes.  They're called "bitfields", and you can read more about them here:
>
> https://ts.data61.csiro.au/publications/nictaabstracts/Cock_08.abstract.pml
>
> Regards,
> Branden
>
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