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From: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
Subject: Re: [net PATCH] atl1c: Fix misuse of netdev_alloc_skb in refilling
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Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 06:44:46 -0400
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On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 08:02:05PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 16:59:43 -0700
> 
> > If a hardware needs frame being in a single 4K page, its driver must do
> > its own allocation, or add appropriate aligning logic.
> 
> Whatever the cause the original patch in this thread is not the
> correct fix and I've thus reverted it.
> 

So what exactly is the consensus here?  We can certainly modify the patch to
ensure allocation on a 4k boundary, and within a unique 4k page, but thats just
a guess at the problem, and the Qualcomm people have been silent on the issue
for weeks now.

Neil