Re: [PATCH 2/2] ASIX: Use only 11 bits of header for data size

[Marek Vasut]

On Thursday, July 28, 2011 07:40:29 AM David Miller wrote:
> From: Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 04:44:47 +0200
> 
> > The AX88772B uses only 11 bits of the header for the actual size. The
> > other bits
> > 
> > are used for something else. This causes dmesg full of messages:
> > 	asix_rx_fixup() Bad Header Length
> > 
> > This patch trims the check to only 11 bits. I believe on older chips, the
> > remaining 5 top bits are unused.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Applied.

Hi, did you test it ?

I left NOTEs outside the commit message:

NOTE: If possible, can someone test/verify this patch with other ASIX chips ?
NOTE2: If Ack-ed, Greg, can you get this into -stable?

I hope I won't have a horde of angry people at my door soon ;-)
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