* sk_buff alignments
@ 2001-11-19 21:35 Rick Ellis
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From: Rick Ellis @ 2001-11-19 21:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
The Dp83820 gigabit ethernet chip requires its buffers to be
on 64 bit boundaries. Does this mean I have to copy the
packet?
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* sk_buff alignments
@ 2001-11-20 21:33 Rick Ellis
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From: Rick Ellis @ 2001-11-20 21:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
The Dp83820 gigabit ethernet chip requires its buffers to be
on 64 bit boundaries. Does this mean I have to copy the
packet?
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* sk_buff alignments
@ 2001-11-20 21:34 Rick Ellis
2001-11-20 22:56 ` Benjamin LaHaise
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From: Rick Ellis @ 2001-11-20 21:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
The Dp83820 gigabit ethernet chip requires its buffers to be
on 64 bit boundaries. Does this mean I have to copy the
packet?
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* Re: sk_buff alignments
2001-11-20 21:34 sk_buff alignments Rick Ellis
@ 2001-11-20 22:56 ` Benjamin LaHaise
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From: Benjamin LaHaise @ 2001-11-20 22:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Rick Ellis; +Cc: linux-kernel
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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