[U-Boot] [PATCH]Fix checksum to handle odd-length packet
Jerry Van Baren
gvb.uboot at gmail.com
Thu Dec 10 03:53:46 CET 2009
Hi Greg,
Greg Ren wrote:
> Hi Ben:
>
> Ben Warren wrote:
>> Please don't top post.
>> While I agree that the network code should handle this properly, how
> do
>> you end up with odd-length packets? U-boot's been around for years
> and
>> nobody else has had this problem...
>
> I simply ping it with odd length. I also checked the latest u-boot
> online and the issue has not been fixed. It could be that most usage had
> involved only with even length packet, and no one had seen this issue.
> It is a boot loader and may not get used as often as some popular
> applications.
>
> Regards
>
> Greg
When you respin your patch, please put the "ping with an odd length
causes an incorrect checksum bug" in the commit message for future
reference.
Thanks,
gvb
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