patch-2.2.18 linux/drivers/net/82596.c

• Lines: 10
• Date: Sat Nov 18 18:01:23 2000
• Orig file: v2.2.17/drivers/net/82596.c
• Orig date: Sun Jun 11 21:44:14 2000

diff -u --new-file --recursive --exclude-from /usr/src/exclude v2.2.17/drivers/net/82596.c linux/drivers/net/82596.c
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
    should be stored as 0x56781234.  This is a real pain, when
    you have linked lists which are shared by the 680x0 and the
    i596.
+   NOTE: This was fixed in Stepping C of the chip. That again
+   means that big-endian should not be used at all: Steppings
+   A1, B and C of the 82596 each have a different big-endian behaviour.
 
    Driver skeleton
    Written 1993 by Donald Becker.