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Re: zd1211rw (2.6.26 sparc64): unaligned access (zd_mac_rx)

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On Sunday 09 November 2008 04:06:14 Shaddy Baddah wrote:
> Looking into this, and the underlying problem is again 
> compare_ether_addr(). Now, I'm sure that replacing this with a memcmp() 
> is now treading on more toes than just zd1211rw users. And for this 
> reason, I think a better solution is going to be required.

I think this requires a comment in the code why we do not use
compare_ether_addr() at this place. Something like:

/* We use memcmp() instead of compare_ether_addr(), because the
 * packet might not be 4-byte aligned, yet. This is done later. */

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Greetings Michael.
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