netdev - Re: [PATCH 2.6.32-rc3] net: Getting rid of the x86 dependency to built vmxnet3

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Message-Id: <20091117.040934.190018835.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:09:34 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sbhatewara@...are.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, pv-drivers@...are.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.32-rc3] net: Getting rid of the x86 dependency to
 built vmxnet3

From: Shreyas Bhatewara <sbhatewara@...are.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:41:33 -0800 (PST)

> 
> Getting rid of the x86 dependency to built vmxnet3
> 
> From: Shreyas Bhatewara <sbhatewara@...are.com>
> 
> This patch removes config dependency on x86 to build vmxnet3 driver. Thus 
> the driver can be built on big endian architectures now. Although vmxnet3 
> is not supported on VMs other than x86 architecture, all this code goes in 
> to ensure correctness. If the code is not dependent on x86, it should not 
> assume little endian architecture in any of its operations.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shreyas Bhatewara <sbhatewara@...are.com>

Patch applied, thanks for following up on this.
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