[PATCH 2.6.2] drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c

[driver@megahappy.net (Bryan Whitehead)]

Building with gcc 3.3.2 on gentoo linux on Athlon x86 system I get
a warning:
  CC [M]  drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.o
drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c: In function `bond_alb_xmit':
drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c:1340: warning: comparison is always true due to limited range of data type                                                                                                         
This is due to using __constant_htons for endian issues. This is a byte so there
is no point in using __constant_htons in the first place. Unless I'm mistaken using
__constant_htons makes this statment always true as the compiler states.
 
if ipx_type = IPX_TYPE_NCP then the intended logic will not happen?

--- linux-2.6.2/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c.orig     2004-02-04 15:08:04.228336168 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.2/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c  2004-02-04 15:26:03.769221008 -0800
@@ -1336,8 +1336,7 @@ bond_alb_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struc
                        break;
                }
  
-               if (ipx_hdr(skb)->ipx_type !=
-                   __constant_htons(IPX_TYPE_NCP)) {
+               if (ipx_hdr(skb)->ipx_type != IPX_TYPE_NCP) {
                        /* The only protocol worth balancing in
                         * this family since it has an "ARP" like
                         * mechanism


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Bryan Whitehead
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