Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Mar 2012 02:36:59 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/3 v2] netxen: qlogic ethernet : Fix endian bug. | From | David Miller <> |
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From: santosh prasad nayak <santoshprasadnayak@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:45:38 +0530
> Subject: [PATCH 3/3 v2] netxen: qlogic ethernet : Fix endian bug. > > Change the datatype of "ip_addr" to __be32 as 'ip' should be in > big endian format. > > Adapter needs "ip address" in big endian format stored at lower 32bit > of req.word[1]. netxen_config_ipaddr() now receives 'ip' in big endian > format. To satisfy adapter's need, use memcpy() to copy byte by byte > of 'ip' into lower 32bit of req.word[1]. > > Mac address and serial number of adapter need to be in little endian format. > Change the data type of the related variables to __le32 / __le64 or cast it > explicitly to __le32 / __le64 depending upon the requirement.
This looks a lot better.
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