From: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>
To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
Shaddy Baddah <shaddy_baddah@hotmail.com>
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Subject: Re: zd1211rw (2.6.26 sparc64): unaligned access (zd_mac_rx)
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 13:00:26 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200811091300.26316.mb@bu3sch.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BAY104-DAV7C39A232BE9A213EB2122991B0@phx.gbl>
On Sunday 09 November 2008 04:06:14 Shaddy Baddah wrote:
> Looking into this, and the underlying problem is again
> compare_ether_addr(). Now, I'm sure that replacing this with a memcmp()
> is now treading on more toes than just zd1211rw users. And for this
> reason, I think a better solution is going to be required.
I think this requires a comment in the code why we do not use
compare_ether_addr() at this place. Something like:
/* We use memcmp() instead of compare_ether_addr(), because the
* packet might not be 4-byte aligned, yet. This is done later. */
--
Greetings Michael.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-11-09 12:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-10-25 8:54 zd1211rw (2.6.26 sparc64): unaligned access (zd_mac_rx) Shaddy Baddah
2008-10-25 9:17 ` Johannes Berg
2008-10-25 11:25 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2008-10-25 12:05 ` Johannes Berg
2008-10-26 22:00 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2008-10-27 7:00 ` Johannes Berg
2008-10-25 11:21 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2008-10-25 11:25 ` Michael Buesch
2008-10-25 11:28 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2008-10-25 11:31 ` Michael Buesch
2008-10-25 11:38 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2008-10-25 15:13 ` Shaddy Baddah
[not found] ` <491589ED.4090904@hotmail.com>
2008-11-08 12:45 ` Shaddy Baddah
2008-11-08 13:11 ` Johannes Berg
[not found] ` <491653A6.20705@hotmail.com>
2008-11-09 3:06 ` Shaddy Baddah
[not found] ` <49165436.4040306@hotmail.com>
2008-11-09 3:08 ` Shaddy Baddah
2008-11-09 12:00 ` Michael Buesch [this message]
2008-11-09 8:56 ` Johannes Berg
2008-11-09 9:03 ` Johannes Berg
2008-11-09 12:02 ` Michael Buesch
2008-11-09 18:31 ` Johannes Berg
[not found] ` <4916F1C0.1040703@hotmail.com>
2008-11-09 14:20 ` Shaddy Baddah
[not found] ` <49184F82.9070102@hotmail.com>
2008-11-10 15:13 ` Shaddy Baddah
[not found] ` <492F82EA.4030902@hotmail.com>
2008-11-28 5:34 ` Shaddy Baddah
2008-11-28 7:10 ` David Miller
2008-11-28 22:44 ` Michael Buesch
[not found] ` <49310454.60906@hotmail.com>
2008-11-29 8:59 ` Shaddy Baddah
2008-11-29 9:50 ` Johannes Berg
[not found] ` <49313C0E.9030309@hotmail.com>
2008-11-29 12:56 ` Shaddy Baddah
[not found] ` <492F856D.9020200@hotmail.com>
2008-11-28 5:45 ` Shaddy Baddah
2008-11-28 6:47 ` Harvey Harrison
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