netdev - Re: [RFC] skge csum problems

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Date:	Mon, 24 Dec 2007 14:15:40 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] skge csum problems

Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk> writes:
>
> Checksum is fixed-endian and we want it that way; IOW, what we end up
> storing in skb->csum should be fixed-endian as well.

AFAIK skb->csum is always native endian because it normally
needs to be manipulated further even for RX.

-Andi
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