netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/4] ethoc: align received packet to make IP header at word boundary

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Date:	Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:42:04 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	thomas@...ron.com.tw
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] ethoc: align received packet to make IP header at
 word boundary

From: Thomas Chou <thomas@...ron.com.tw>
Date: Mon,  5 Oct 2009 17:33:19 +0800

> The packet buffer is allocated at 4 bytes boundary, but the IP header
> length and version bits is located at byte 14. These bit fields access
> as 32 bits word and caused exception on processors that do not support
> unaligned access.
> 
> The patch adds 2 bytes offset to make the bit fields word aligned.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Chou <thomas@...ron.com.tw>

Applied.
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