David S. Miller wrote:
> IP in general will align everything. However, when you guarentee
> an alignment on the receive side, the network drivers have to decide
> what they align for. So if they align for IP, other protocols
> with different header layouts past the hardware header may not be
> aligned, and vice versa.
There is a problem with copying headers to align them, on machines which
need it?
have a nice day,
-- Jamie
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