netdev - Re: [PATCH] fix sierra

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Message-ID: <m2399bmcfq.fsf@igel.home>
Date:	Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:26:01 +0100
From:	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Maris Paupe <marisp@...lv>
Cc:	epasheva@...rrawireless.com, rfiler@...rrawireless.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH]  fix sierra_net endianess bug

Maris Paupe <marisp@...lv> writes:

> I have found that sierra_net does not work properly on big-endian
> systems, it works if bytes are flipped in this particular location.

That should probably be fixed in sierra_net_get_fw_attr (and the author
of sierra_net_get_fw_attr should be hit with a cluestick to not use
kmalloc for allocating a single u16).

Andreas.

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