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From:   Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
To:     "Ramsay, Lincoln" <Lincoln.Ramsay@digi.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] aquantia: Remove the build_skb path
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Ramsay, Lincoln <Lincoln.Ramsay@digi.com> wrote:
> The build_skb path fails to allow for an SKB header, but the hardware
> buffer it is built around won't allow for this anyway.

What problem is being resolved here?