netdev - RE: [net-next 07/11] e1000e: cleanup Rx checksum offload code

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Date:	Tue, 3 Jan 2012 20:17:16 +0000
From:	"Allan, Bruce W" <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"gospo@...hat.com" <gospo@...hat.com>,
	"sassmann@...hat.com" <sassmann@...hat.com>
Subject: RE: [net-next 07/11] e1000e: cleanup Rx checksum offload code

>-----Original Message-----
>From: David Miller [mailto:davem@...emloft.net]
>Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 12:09 PM
>To: Kirsher, Jeffrey T
>Cc: Allan, Bruce W; netdev@...r.kernel.org; gospo@...hat.com;
>sassmann@...hat.com
>Subject: Re: [net-next 07/11] e1000e: cleanup Rx checksum offload code
>
>From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
>Date: Tue,  3 Jan 2012 11:19:12 -0800
>
>> -		__sum16 sum = (__force __sum16)htons(csum);
>> +		__sum16 sum = (__force __sum16)htons(le16_to_cpu(csum));
>
>Looks like a NOP.  It's essentially "cpu_to_le16(le16_to_cpu(csum)" as
>far as I can tell.

OK, I'll look into fixing this.

Thanks,
Bruce.
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