Re: [patch] ns83820 0.17 (Re: Broadcom 5700/5701 Gigabit Ethernet Adapters)

From: Daniel Phillips (phillips@bonn-fries.net)
Date: Fri Mar 15 2002 - 03:56:11 EST

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On March 14, 2002 09:37 pm, Benjamin LaHaise wrote:
> > 4) Do you really mean to allocate memory for "REAL_RX_BUF_SIZE + 16"?
> > Why not plain old REAL_RX_BUF_SIZE?
>
> The +16 is for alignment (just like the comment says). The hardware
> requires that rx buffers be 64 bit aligned.

Nit: that would be REAL_RX_BUF_SIZE + 15.

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Daniel
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