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Subject: Re: [PATCH net V1] net/mlx4_en: Doorbell is byteswapped in Little
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Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 16:34:11 -0500 (EST)
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From: Amir Vadai <amirv@mellanox.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 10:21:57 +0200

> iowrite32() will byteswap it's argument on big endian archs.
> iowrite32be() will byteswap on little endian archs.
> Since we don't want to do this unnecessary byteswap on the fast path,
> doorbell is stored in the NIC's native endianness. Using the right
> iowrite() according to the arch endianness.
> 
> CC: Wei Yang <weiyang@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> CC: David Laight <david.laight@aculab.com>
> Fixes: 6a4e812 ("net/mlx4_en: Avoid calling bswap in tx fast path")
> Signed-off-by: Amir Vadai <amirv@mellanox.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.