netdev - Re: [PATCH 001/001] smsc95xx: Fix hard_header

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Date:	Fri, 17 Aug 2012 09:35:04 +0100
From:	Steve Glendinning <steve@...well.net>
To:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Cc:	JamesBetts <jimbob.betts@...glemail.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 001/001] smsc95xx: Fix hard_header_len

> hard_header_len is set to ETH_HLEN by alloc_etherdev() (in the
> ether_setup() callback).  Any extra headroom you want before the
> Ethernet header should indeed be specified in needed_headroom.

Thanks Ben, looks like this patch is doing it the right way then.

Acked-By: Steve Glendinning <steve.glendinning@...well.net>


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