netdev - Re: [PATCH] fix sierra

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Date:	Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:24:22 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org>
CC:	Maris Paupe <marisp@...lv>, <epasheva@...rrawireless.com>,
	<rfiler@...rrawireless.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH]  fix sierra_net endianess bug

On Wed, 2012-03-14 at 16:26 +0100, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> 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).

You cannot use stack buffers for DMA, which includes all USB I/O.

Ben.

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