netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] ASIX: Use only 11 bits of header for data size

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Message-Id: <20110727.224029.619127041796367339.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:40:29 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	marek.vasut@...il.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...e.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ASIX: Use only 11 bits of header for data size

From: Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 04:44:47 +0200

> The AX88772B uses only 11 bits of the header for the actual size. The other bits
> are used for something else. This causes dmesg full of messages:
> 
> 	asix_rx_fixup() Bad Header Length
> 
> This patch trims the check to only 11 bits. I believe on older chips, the
> remaining 5 top bits are unused.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>

Applied.
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