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SubjectRe: [PATCH] net: ti: netcp: restore get/set_pad_info() functionality
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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.

Arnd

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