From: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@redhat.com>
To: Rick Ellis <ellis@ftel.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: sk_buff alignments
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 17:56:46 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20011120175645.B21992@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200111202134.fAKLYtT23465@spinics.net>
In-Reply-To: <200111202134.fAKLYtT23465@spinics.net>; from ellis@ftel.net on Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 01:34:55PM -0800
On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 01:34:55PM -0800, Rick Ellis wrote:
> The Dp83820 gigabit ethernet chip requires its buffers to be
> on 64 bit boundaries. Does this mean I have to copy the
> packet?
ns83820.c copies packets to meet the alignment issues that the networking
stack has on non-x86 platforms. Tx packets do not need to be copied.
-ben
--
Fish.
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2001-11-20 21:34 sk_buff alignments Rick Ellis
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2001-11-20 21:33 Rick Ellis
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