Re: [PATCH] net: ti: netcp: restore get/set_pad_info() functionality

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Tuesday 09 February 2016 16:55:42 Karicheri, Muralidharan wrote:
> 
> The descriptors are usable by different drivers, one driver may use it as 
> buf ptr/ len, other for something else. So they should remain as generic
> and it is up to individual drivers to use it in whatever way it requires.
> My suggestion is to rename pad field in struct knav_dma_desc to sw_data
> to avoid confusion. i.e 
> 
> +       __le32  pad[4];
> 
> to 
> 
> +       __le32  sw_data[4];
> 

If the hardware doesn't access them, they can probably just be u32
and not do any byte swapping.

	Arnd