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SubjectRe: TG3 network data corruption regression 2.6.24/2.6.23.4
Matt Carlson wrote:
> Hi Tony. Sorry for the radio silence.
>
> Michael and I have discussed this problem a bit. Another possibility is
> that the chip may be having difficulty with non-dword aligned TX buffers.
> Since we already know the RX side has the same problem, it isn't so
> far-fetched to think that perhaps it can affect the TX side too. Can
> you give the following patch a try and see if the corruption still
> happens?
>
>

Thanks, your patch fixes the problem (tested on 2.6.24.4). However, I
had to change "(skb->mac_header & 3)" in your patch to "((long)
skb->mac_header & 3)" since mac_header is a pointer rather than an int
on 32-bit systems.

Tested-by: Tony Battersby <tonyb@cybernetics.com>



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