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Subject: Re: [PATCH] starfire reads irq before pci_enable_device
To: ionut@cs.columbia.edu (Ion Badulescu)
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 13:05:59 +0000 (GMT)
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> The way I understand it, IA64 and Alpha cope with it, but at the expense 
> of taking an exception for each packet -- so it's not worth it.

You want to copy_checksum the frame on these platforms, or better yet use
a decent network card that can start the frame on odd word alignment. You need
either the CPU or card to be able to handle misaligns efficiently.

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