Return-path: Received: from mx2.redhat.com ([66.187.237.31]:38723 "EHLO mx2.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755132AbZALTjG (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:39:06 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] libertas: if_spi, driver for libertas GSPI devices From: Dan Williams To: Andrey Yurovsky Cc: Colin McCabe , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, libertas-dev@lists.infradead.org In-Reply-To: <45e8e6c40901121104r1f55894dy35d7528e8174f036@mail.gmail.com> References: <1231541889-7999-1-git-send-email-colin@cozybit.com> <1231772017.23907.3.camel@localhost.localdomain> <45e8e6c40901121104r1f55894dy35d7528e8174f036@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:37:52 -0500 Message-Id: <1231789072.28887.11.camel@localhost.localdomain> (sfid-20090112_203913_227624_EF09E80A) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, 2009-01-12 at 11:04 -0800, Andrey Yurovsky wrote: > Hi Dan, Johannes was correct -- the explicit get_unaligned_ was not > needed and using packed was required. Unfortunately our patch got > merged before we had a chance to send a version including just the > packing, so I'm preparing a patch that reverts the calls to > get_unaligned_* ...this is, however, independent of the actual > if_spi.c driver patch. Yes, they are independent. Alternatively, you could just ask John to revert the patch, and then provide a new patch with just the 'packed' bits, which might be cleaner in the git history. Dan