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SubjectRe: [PATCH] net: ti: netcp: restore get/set_pad_info() functionality
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On 02/09/2016 02:38 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Tuesday 09 February 2016 16:55:42 Karicheri, Muralidharan wrote:
>>
>> The descriptors are usable by different drivers, one driver may use it as
>> buf ptr/ len, other for something else. So they should remain as generic
>> and it is up to individual drivers to use it in whatever way it requires.
>> My suggestion is to rename pad field in struct knav_dma_desc to sw_data
>> to avoid confusion. i.e
>>
>> + __le32 pad[4];
>>
>> to
>>
>> + __le32 sw_data[4];
>>
>
> If the hardware doesn't access them, they can probably just be u32
> and not do any byte swapping.
>
Ok. Will do in v1
> Arnd
>


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Murali Karicheri
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