netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH] net: usb: ax88179_178a: fix packet alignment padding

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Date:   Mon, 15 Jun 2020 10:51:54 +0800
From:   Jeremy Kerr <jk@...abs.org>
To:     louis@...x.com.tw, "'ASIX_Allan [Office]'" <allan@...x.com.tw>,
        'Freddy Xin' <freddy@...x.com.tw>
Cc:     'Peter Fink' <pfink@...ist-es.de>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] net: usb: ax88179_178a: fix packet alignment padding

Hi Louis,

> Thanks for the correction.
> Indeed, the hardware adds two bytes dummy data at beginning of
> Ethernet packet to make IP header aligned. 
> The original patch made by Freddy contains the length of dummy
> header. 

OK, thanks for checking. I understand this to mean that the fix is
correct, so I'll send it upstream without the RFC tag.

Regards,


Jeremy