[Intel-wired-lan] [next-queue PATCH v3] fm10k: correctly pack TLV structures and explain reasoning

[Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>]

On Mon, 2015-11-09 at 14:04 -0800, Jacob Keller wrote:
> The TLV format for little endian structures is actually 4 byte
> aligned
> copy. To this end, we need to add an additional __aligned(4) marker
> along with __packed to ensure that these structures are actually 4
> byte
> aligned and packed correctly. Use of just __packed will not work as
> this
> will result in 1byte alignment which is incorrect. Add a comment
> explaining the reasoning behind why these structures need the special
> treatment.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
> ---
> - v3
> * use __aligned(4) instead of __attribute__(aligned(4))
> 
> Note: this patch replaces both TLV patches currently on the queue as
> it
> looks like Jeff had forgotten to remove the earlier one when the
> subject
> changed.

Nope, I just applied the last submitted version of this patch. ?Might
be helpful if the version actually incremented when you re-submit a
patch. ?This is the third version of "v3", so techincally this should
have been v5. :-)
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