Re: [patch-2.4.0-test2]Re: Linux-2.4.0-test2

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Sun Jun 25 2000 - 10:27:24 EST


> Except when you cannot align (like with Tulips that always DMA to a 4 byte
> aligned address). With the 14 byte Ethernet header this results in IP
> and TCP misaligned.

If you combine poorly compatible hardware bad things happen. That isnt going
to change. Many decent ethernet cards can do sensible alignment. Pick a card
or cpu that can and life is happy.

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