netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/7] sh_eth: rename sh_eth_cpu_data::hw

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Date:   Mon, 28 Jan 2019 11:15:47 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com
Cc:     geert@...ux-m68k.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] sh_eth: rename sh_eth_cpu_data::hw_checksum

From: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 14:08:48 +0300

> On 01/28/2019 12:21 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 6:40 PM Sergei Shtylyov
>> <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com> wrote:
>>> Commit 62e04b7e0e3c ("sh_eth: rename 'sh_eth_cpu_data::hw_crc'") renamed
>>> the field to 'hw_checksum' for the Ether DMAC "intelligent checksum",
>>> however some Ether MACs implement a simpler checksumming scheme, so that
>>> name now seems misleading. Rename that filed to 'csmr' as the "intelligent
>>> checkmum" is always controlled by the CSMR register.
>> 
>> checksum
> 
>    Oops! Do I need to repost?

Please repost the series, thank you.