netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: fix unaligned memory accesses in ASIX

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Message-Id: <20090415.031439.162179625.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:14:39 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	peppe.cavallaro@...com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: fix unaligned memory accesses in ASIX

From: Giuseppe CAVALLARO <peppe.cavallaro@...com>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:01:50 +0100

> In any case, at first glance, I understand that the urb->transfer_buffer
> directly points to the preallocated skb data.
> These are filled by the HWs. I mean, the buffers are treated by the HW.
> So I guess, the meaning of the rx_fixup functions is just to solve this
> kind of situations.
> In fact, each usb net driver has an own fixup code according to their HW
> specifications.

Now I understand, thanks for the explanation.

Please resubmit your patch for ASIX, and I will apply it.

Thanks!
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