From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263429AbTIWTMN (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Sep 2003 15:12:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263427AbTIWTMI (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Sep 2003 15:12:08 -0400 Received: from home.kvack.org ([216.138.200.138]:65499 "EHLO kanga.kvack.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263429AbTIWTLl (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Sep 2003 15:11:41 -0400 Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 15:11:28 -0400 From: Benjamin LaHaise To: Jeff Garzik Cc: "Luck, Tony" , "David S. Miller" , davidm@hpl.hp.com, davidm@napali.hpl.hp.com, peter@chubb.wattle.id.au, ak@suse.de, iod00d@hp.com, peterc@gelato.unsw.edu.au, linux-ns83820@kvack.org, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: NS83820 2.6.0-test5 driver seems unstable on IA64 Message-ID: <20030923151128.B17437@kvack.org> References: <20030923142925.A16490@kvack.org> <20030923191011.GA6460@gtf.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20030923191011.GA6460@gtf.org>; from jgarzik@pobox.com on Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 03:10:11PM -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 03:10:11PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Traditionally, if the NIC driver is accessing unaligned data, it should > be using get/put_unaligned(). The driver isn't, the networking stack is (it has to). For more examples where this behaviour is required: PPPoE, VLAN... -ben -- "The software industry today survives only through an unstated agreement not to stir things up too much. We must hope this lawsuit [by SCO] isn't the big stirring spoon." -- Ian Lance Taylor, Linux Journal, June 2003