netdev - Re: [PATCH] smsc95xx: fix tx checksum offload for big endian

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Date:	Sat, 03 Nov 2012 15:30:44 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	steve.glendinning@...well.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jose.ventura@...cec.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] smsc95xx: fix tx checksum offload for big endian

From: Steve Glendinning <steve.glendinning@...well.net>
Date: Fri,  2 Nov 2012 10:44:20 +0000

> f7b2927 introduced tx checksum offload support for smsc95xx,
> and enabled it by default. This feature doesn't take
> endianness into account, so causes most tx to fail on
> those platforms.
> 
> This patch fixes the problem fully by adding the missing
> conversion.
> 
> An alternate workaround is to disable TX checksum offload
> on those platforms. The cpu impact of this feature is very low.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Steve Glendinning <steve.glendinning@...well.net>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.
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