> I tripped over a feature in another OS that allowed aligning the > network buffers to any ^2 boundary. > I have a driver that that would substantially simplify the code. > > Is there any reason I can not ask for a read SKB that is > sufficiently much larger than I need and then align it by altering the > data pointer ? If you mean receive side, I think it's related to IP header. Linux expects IP header be aligned to 16 byte. 2(padding) + 14(eth header). > It there a way I can persuade Linux to give me xmit skb's aligned as > I want them ? -- Borta SAHIN -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
