netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] [DM9000] Added support for big-endian hosts

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Date:	Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:31:58 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Laurent Pinchart <laurentp@...-semaphore.com>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Ben Dooks <ben-linux@...ff.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] [DM9000] Added support for big-endian hosts

Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> This patch splits the receive status in 8bit wide fields and convert the
> packet length from little endian to CPU byte order.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurentp@...-semaphore.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/dm9000.c |   13 +++++++------
>  1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/dm9000.c b/drivers/net/dm9000.c
> index c3de81b..a424810 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/dm9000.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/dm9000.c
> @@ -894,7 +894,8 @@ dm9000_timer(unsigned long data)
>  }
>  
>  struct dm9000_rxhdr {
> -	u16	RxStatus;
> +	u8	RxPktReady;
> +	u8	RxStatus;
>  	u16	RxLen;
>  } __attribute__((__packed__));

why does this not need endian conversions as well?

	Jeff



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