From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Date: Fri, 03 May 2013 06:44:20 +0000
Subject: [patch] usbnet: pegasus: endian bug in write_mii_word()
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To: Petko Manolov <petkan-nPnTwAqkgEqakBO8gow8eQ@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh-hQyY1W1yCW8ekmWlsbkhG0B+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>, "David S. Miller" <davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>, linux-usb-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, kernel-janitors-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org

We're only passing the two high bits of an integer.  It works for little
endian but not for big endian.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>

diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/pegasus.c b/drivers/net/usb/pegasus.c
index 0969905..03e8a15 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/pegasus.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/pegasus.c
@@ -256,8 +256,9 @@ static int mdio_read(struct net_device *dev, int phy_id, int loc)
 static void mdio_write(struct net_device *dev, int phy_id, int loc, int val)
 {
 	pegasus_t *pegasus = netdev_priv(dev);
+	u16 data = val;
 
-	write_mii_word(pegasus, phy_id, loc, (__u16 *)&val);
+	write_mii_word(pegasus, phy_id, loc, &data);
 }
 
 static int read_eprom_word(pegasus_t *pegasus, __u8 index, __u16 *retdata)