> Isn't it better if the alignment is done by default by alloc_skb and > let the driver writer to take care the future skb_reserve() will be > 4 (or 8 or whatever) bytes alignedex.
Not all hardware can DMA to arbitary boundaries. In those cases it needs to be aligned 4 byte (eg many older pci network cards). You then do a DMA into a buffer and copy_checksum for alignment on things like Alpha > It might even make sense to be L1 cahe line aligned... See the other email ... _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
