netdev - Re: [PATCH] Fix kernel unaligned access with r8169 on sparc64

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Message-ID: <20070710220244.GC3436@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com>
Date:	Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:02:44 +0200
From:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
To:	Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...ecomint.eu>
Cc:	Philip Craig <philipc@...pgear.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Jonathan Larsen <agentc0re@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix kernel unaligned access with r8169 on sparc64

Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com> :
[...]
> - try http://www.fr.zoreil.com/people/francois/backport/r8169/20070604-00
>   It is a backport against 2.6.18 which should bring you quite close to
>   2.6.23-git wrt r8169. 

Regarding the backport option, it was initially more a compiled-ok-untested-
use-at-your-own-risk thing than anything else. I have given it a try with
2.6.18 and it does not blow up immediately. I suggest adding the attached
patch at the end of the serie to fix a locking bug though.

-- 
Ueimor

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