netdev - Re: [PATCH] gianfar:don't add FCB length to hard_header

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Message-ID: <4FBFE5E3.6080600@windriver.com>
Date:	Fri, 25 May 2012 16:04:51 -0400
From:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
CC:	Jan Ceuleers <jan.ceuleers@...puter.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, <b06378@...escale.com>,
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gianfar:don't add FCB length to hard_header_len

On 12-05-25 03:51 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 11:58 -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
>> But you really shouldn't need the hardware to validate this kind of
>> patch anyways -- aside from your code flow change in the irq routine of
>> gianfar_ptp, you should have been simply able to check for object file
>> equivalence before and after your change.
> 
> No cross compiler either, and I'm lazy 'bout that...

Can't get much easier than using one of these:

http://www.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/

Just untar, export PATH ARCH CROSS_COMPILE and go.

Can't get much lazier than that. Great to have around.

Paul.

> 
> cheers, Joe
> 
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