netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: meth: Add set_rx_mode hook to fix ICMPv6 neighbor discovery

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Message-Id: <20111227.135209.1552228715466981902.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:52:09 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	shemminger@...tta.com
Cc:	kumba@...too.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: meth: Add set_rx_mode hook to fix ICMPv6 neighbor
 discovery

From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2011 10:34:08 -0800

> On Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:06:15 -0500
> Joshua Kinard <kumba@...too.org> wrote:
> 
>> @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ struct mace_video {
>>   * Ethernet interface
>>   */
>>  struct mace_ethernet {
>> -	volatile unsigned long mac_ctrl;
>> +	volatile u64 mac_ctrl;
>>  	volatile unsigned long int_stat;
>>  	volatile unsigned long dma_ctrl;
>>  	volatile unsigned long timer;
> 
> 
> This device driver writer needs to read:
>   Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt

This driver has a lot of problems, some of which I've made Joshua aware of
already.
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