netdev - RE: [PATCH 1/2] net: xilinx_emaclite: fix receive buffer overflow

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Date:   Wed, 15 Feb 2017 15:31:43 +0000
From:   David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:     'Anssi Hannula' <anssi.hannula@...wise.fi>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     "michal.simek@...inx.com" <michal.simek@...inx.com>,
        "soren.brinkmann@...inx.com" <soren.brinkmann@...inx.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/2] net: xilinx_emaclite: fix receive buffer overflow

From: Anssi Hannula
> Sent: 15 February 2017 08:29
...
> Looking through the product guide [1] I don't see the actual receive
> packet length provided anywhere, so I guess that is why the crazy stuff
> is done.

If the hardware doesn't provide the receive packet length then I suggest
you 'fix' the hardware with an angle grinder :-)
Not fit for purpose.

	David