Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:40751 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752935AbXJWHQr (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Oct 2007 03:16:47 -0400 Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:17:10 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20071023.001710.75190644.davem@davemloft.net> (sfid-20071023_081650_069588_A77A19FE) To: hs4233@mail.mn-solutions.de Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, drzeus@drzeus.cx, dcbw@redhat.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] libertas: make if_sdio align packets From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <200710230858.00343.hs4233@mail.mn-solutions.de> References: <20071022190532.5077ce3d@poseidon.drzeus.cx> <20071022.181530.28790082.davem@davemloft.net> <200710230858.00343.hs4233@mail.mn-solutions.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Holger Schurig Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:57:59 +0200 > I have been I a similar situation when I wrote if_cs.c. I had > virtually no clue about SKBs and how to work with them. I've > looked at lwn.net, LDD, googled around, and looked at the > in-kernel documentation, which went into fine detail. On, of all places, http://linux-net.osdl.org/ (which now redirects to http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Net) you'll find, of all things, a link to a document about how SKBs work: http://vger.kernel.org/~davem/skb.html Amazing! There are even diagrams and figures!!!