| To: | Manfred Spraul <manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: multicast hash incorrect on big endian archs |
| From: | "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Sun, 3 Jun 2001 19:24:18 -0700 (PDT) |
| Cc: | linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx |
| In-reply-to: | <3B1A9558.2DBAECE7@colorfullife.com> |
| References: | <3B1A9558.2DBAECE7@colorfullife.com> |
| Sender: | owner-netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx |
Manfred Spraul writes:
> I noticed that the multicast hash calculations assumed little endian
> byte ordering in the winbond-840 driver, and it seems that several other
> drivers are also affected:
>
> 8139too, epic100, fealnx, pci-skeleton, sis900, starfile, sundance,
> via-rhine, yellowfin
> perhaps drivers/net/pcmcia/xircom_tulip_cb
Many big-endian systems already need to provide little-endian bitops,
for ext2's sake for example.
We should formalize this, with {set,clear,change,test}_le_bit which
technically every port has implemented in some for or another already.
Later,
David S. Miller
davem@xxxxxxxxxx
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