netdev - Re: [PATCH] sh_eth: fix descriptor access endianness

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Date:	Tue, 15 Dec 2015 13:26:50 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sh_eth: fix descriptor access endianness

From: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 21:06:16 +0300

> On 12/15/2015 08:53 PM, David Miller wrote:
> 
>>>>> The driver never calls cpu_to_edmac() when writing the descriptor
>>>>> address
>>>>> and edmac_to_cpu() when reading it, although it should -- fix this.
>>>>>
>>>>> Note that the frame/buffer length descriptor field accesses also need
>>>>> fixing
>>>>> but since they are both 16-bit we can't use
>>>>> {cpu|edmac}_to_{edmac|cpu}()...
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
>>>>
>>>> Applied.
>>>
>>>     I was going to rework this to fix _all_ cases, and sent follow-up
>>>     email about that yesterday... Haven't you received it?
>>
>> I saw it but you were not entirely clear whether you were going to do
>> that work in a follow-on patch or not.
>>
>> If you don't clearly say "Dave, please drop this patch." expect me to
>> do random things.
> 
>    Previously I had a plan to get rid of never used EDMAC_BIG_ENDIAN and
>    then get rid of {edmac|cpu}_to_{cpu|edmac}() and fix 16-bit descriptor
>    R/W by using {cpu|le32}_to_{le32|cpu}(). How's that plan to you?

I personally don't care what work you do on this driver.

All I care about is that people communicate clearly with me when they
want me to take, or not take, a given patch.

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