Hi! The udp-packet constructed in netpoll_send_udp should be aligned to avoid alignment-traps on some platforms. The patch applies to vanilla 2.6.11.2.
Ciao, Sven Signed-off-by: Sven Henkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- linux-2.6.11.2/net/core/netpoll.c 2005-03-09 09:12:58.000000000 +0100 +++ mylinux-2.6.11.2/net/core/netpoll.c 2005-03-18 15:56:30.330061256 +0100 @@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ void netpoll_send_udp(struct netpoll *np udp_len = len + sizeof(*udph); ip_len = eth_len = udp_len + sizeof(*iph); - total_len = eth_len + ETH_HLEN; + total_len = eth_len + ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN; skb = find_skb(np, total_len, total_len - len); if (!skb) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/