- * - The most-significant 8 bits are reserved for generic mbuf flags
- * - TX flags therefore start at bit position 55 (i.e. 63-8), and new flags get
- * added to the right of the previously defined flags
+ * - The most-significant 3 bits are reserved for generic mbuf flags
+ * - TX flags therefore start at bit position 60 (i.e. 63-3), and new flags get
+ * added to the right of the previously defined flags i.e. they should count
+ * downwards, not upwards.