netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] net: smc91x: isolate u16 writes alignment workaround

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Date:   Thu, 13 Oct 2016 09:50:12 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     robert.jarzmik@...e.fr
Cc:     robh+dt@...nel.org, mark.rutland@....com, nico@...xnic.net,
        linux@...linux.org.uk, arnd@...db.de, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] net: smc91x: isolate u16 writes alignment
 workaround

From: Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>
Date: Sun,  9 Oct 2016 22:33:45 +0200

> Writes to u16 has a special handling on 3 PXA platforms, where the
> hardware wiring forces these writes to be u32 aligned.
> 
> This patch isolates this handling for PXA platforms as before, but
> enables this "workaround" to be set up dynamically, which will be the
> case in device-tree build types.
> 
> This patch was tested on 2 PXA platforms : mainstone, which relies on
> the workaround, and lubbock, which doesn't.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>

Please resubmit this patch series:

1) Respun against net-next, these don't currently apply cleanly there.

2) With a proper "[PATCH 0/3] ..." posting explaining at a high level
   what this patch series does, how it does it, and why it does it
   that way.

Thanks.