Re: sk_buff alignments

Benjamin LaHaise (bcrl@redhat.com)
Tue, 20 Nov 2001 17:56:46 -0500

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On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 01:34:55PM -0800, Rick Ellis wrote:
> The Dp83820 gigabit ethernet chip requires its buffers to be
> on 64 bit boundaries. Does this mean I have to copy the
> packet?

ns83820.c copies packets to meet the alignment issues that the networking
stack has on non-x86 platforms. Tx packets do not need to be copied.

-ben

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