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Date:      Sun, 14 Sep 2014 09:42:42 -0700
From:      Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>
To:        dongshan <thomasyang1206@126.com>
Cc:        "net@freebsd.org" <net@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: netmap BUG found on big endian machine
Message-ID:  <CAJ-Vmonx%2BFvT2wh-LY%2BQDeeMxuT4-abyQ0NTOnqZ2vcSHUoCkA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <001e01cfd02a$255cb430$70161c90$@126.com>
References:  <001e01cfd02a$255cb430$70161c90$@126.com>

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Hi!

Good catch!

Would you mind filing a bug so we don't forget?

http://bugs.freebsd.org/submit/

Thanks!


-a


On 14 September 2014 07:42, dongshan <thomasyang1206@126.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
>
>        I have tested netmap on freescale PowerPC board, it is a big endia=
n
> machine, when I test the example app pkt-gen=EF=BC=8C I found one bug, re=
ally it is
> bug of netmap souce code.
>
>        The commit id is =E2=80=9Cd39c4411a2129926d262f9faffacaf876392c7cd=
=E2=80=9D, the
> bug locates in =E2=80=9Cnetmap_mem2.c, netmap_mem_rings_create()=E2=80=9D=
, you should use
>
> =E2=80=9C*(uint32_t *)(uintptr_t)&ring->nr_buf_size =3D
> NETMAP_BDG_BUF_SIZE(na->nm_mem);=E2=80=9D substituting
>
> =E2=80=9C*(uint16_t *)(uintptr_t)&ring->nr_buf_size =3D
> NETMAP_BDG_BUF_SIZE(na->nm_mem);=E2=80=9D
>
>        Because the outcome of big endian and little endian is different. =
I
> guess the source code is written and tested on intel arch machine. But it=
 is
> true it can=E2=80=99t run big endian machine directly.
>
>
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Dongshan
>
>
>
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