Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 26 Sep 2003 13:22:58 -0400 | From | Chris Friesen <> | Subject | Re: NS83820 2.6.0-test5 driver seems unstable on IA64 |
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Andi Kleen wrote:
> The solution proposed by Ivan sounds much better. The basic problem > is that the Ethernet header is not a multiple of 4 and that misaligns > everything after it.
At least some hardware will offset the incoming packet by two bytes to align everything. Whatever mechanism we end up using, it would be nice if it could make use of the hardware that is capable of this.
Chris
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