netdev - Re: [PATCH NEXT] rtlwifi: Fix endian error in extracting packet type

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Date:	Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:16:35 -0500
From:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
To:	Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>,
	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
CC:	linville@...driver.com, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	Mark Cave-Ayland <mark.cave-ayland@...nde.co.uk>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH NEXT] rtlwifi: Fix endian error in extracting packet type

On 10/29/2013 09:27 AM, Bjørn Mork wrote:
>
> It's not validating the upper 8 bits of the port numbers either, so it
> will hit random UDP traffic in addition to DHCP.
>
> But it was good to see this function now. I was wondering how to support
> some buggy 3G modem firmware without ugly hacks. Seems there will always
> be worse hacks in drivers/net, no matter what I do :-)

I'm happy that Realtek and I could make your day. The next version is checking 
the full 16-bit port numbers.

Thanks,

Larry


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