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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2.6.32-rc3] net: Getting rid of the x86 dependency to built vmxnet3
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From: Shreyas Bhatewara <sbhatewara@vmware.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:41:33 -0800 (PST)

>
> Getting rid of the x86 dependency to built vmxnet3
>
> From: Shreyas Bhatewara <sbhatewara@vmware.com>
>
> This patch removes config dependency on x86 to build vmxnet3 driver. Thus
> the driver can be built on big endian architectures now. Although vmxnet3
> is not supported on VMs other than x86 architecture, all this code goes in
> to ensure correctness. If the code is not dependent on x86, it should not
> assume little endian architecture in any of its operations.
>
> Signed-off-by: Shreyas Bhatewara <sbhatewara@vmware.com>

Patch applied, thanks for following up on this.


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