netdev - Re: [patch 3/4] mv643xx_eth: fix byte order when checksum offload is enabled

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Date:	Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:32:58 -0500
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, byron.bbradley@...il.com,
	dale@...nsworth.org, mlachwani@...sta.com, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [patch 3/4] mv643xx_eth: fix byte order when checksum offload
 is enabled

akpm@...ux-foundation.org wrote:
> From: Byron Bradley <byron.bbradley@...il.com>
> 
> The Marvell Orion system on chips have an integrated mv643xx MAC.  On these
> little endian ARM devices mv643xx will oops when checksum offload is
> enabled.  Swapping the byte order of the protocol and checksum solves this
> problem.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Byron Bradley <byron.bbradley@...il.com>
> Cc: Dale Farnsworth <dale@...nsworth.org>
> Cc: Manish Lachwani <mlachwani@...sta.com>
> Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
> Cc: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> ---
> 
>  drivers/net/mv643xx_eth.c |   11 ++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

applied 3-4


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