linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net v1] Revert "lan743x: trim all 4 bytes of the FCS; not just 2"

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Date:   Thu, 8 Apr 2021 13:56:42 -0400
From:   Sven Van Asbroeck <thesven73@...il.com>
To:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc:     Bryan Whitehead <bryan.whitehead@...rochip.com>,
        David S Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        George McCollister <george.mccollister@...il.com>,
        Microchip Linux Driver Support <UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v1] Revert "lan743x: trim all 4 bytes of the FCS; not
 just 2"

Hi Heiner,

On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 1:49 PM Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Can't we use frame_length - ETH_FCS_LEN direcctly here?

If the hard-coded "4" refers to ETH_FCS_LEN, then yes, good point. I'd
love to find out first why George and I need different patches to make
the driver work in our use case, though.