From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ASIX: Use only 11 bits of header for data size Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 08:18:06 -0700 Message-ID: <20110728151806.GB22202@kroah.com> References: <1311734687-23551-1-git-send-email-marek.vasut@gmail.com> <1311734687-23551-2-git-send-email-marek.vasut@gmail.com> <20110727.224029.619127041796367339.davem@davemloft.net> <201107280806.18813.marek.vasut@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: David Miller , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, gregkh@suse.de To: Marek Vasut Return-path: Received: from out4.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.28]:32774 "EHLO out4.smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754694Ab1G1P1e (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:27:34 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201107280806.18813.marek.vasut@gmail.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 08:06:18AM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote: > On Thursday, July 28, 2011 07:40:29 AM David Miller wrote: > > From: Marek Vasut > > Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 04:44:47 +0200 > > > > > The AX88772B uses only 11 bits of the header for the actual size. The > > > other bits > > > > > > are used for something else. This causes dmesg full of messages: > > > asix_rx_fixup() Bad Header Length > > > > > > This patch trims the check to only 11 bits. I believe on older chips, the > > > remaining 5 top bits are unused. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut > > > > Applied. > > Hi, did you test it ? > > I left NOTEs outside the commit message: > > NOTE: If possible, can someone test/verify this patch with other ASIX chips ? > NOTE2: If Ack-ed, Greg, can you get this into -stable? This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the stable kernel tree. Please read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt for how to do this properly.