netdev - Re: [PATCH] sh_eth: fix TX buffer byte-swapping

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Date:	Sun, 13 Dec 2015 16:25:17 -0600
From:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
To:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Linux-sh list <linux-sh@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sh_eth: fix TX buffer byte-swapping

On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 12:27 PM, Sergei Shtylyov
<sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com> wrote:
> For the little-endian SH771x kernels the driver has to byte-swap the RX/TX
> buffers,  however yet unset physcial address from the TX descriptor is used
> to call sh_eth_soft_swap(). Use 'skb->data' instead...

Rummage rummage rummage...

Ah, my sh4 qemu system has an rtl-8139cp network driver, and the sh2
j-core numato board one is A) big endian, B) has an oddball version
with its own driver.

That's why I haven't hit this.

Rob
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