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Other function usage scenarios will not change.\n+\n+* net: the Ethernet address and header defintions will change attributes.\n+ The Ethernet address struct will no longer be marked as packed since\n+ since the packed attribute is meaningless on a byte array.\n+ The Etherne header will be marked as aligned on a 2 byte boundary (and\n+ no longer packed). This allows for efficient access on all CPU's.\n+ These changes should not impact normal usage drivers naturally\n+ align the Ethernet header on receive, and almost every encapsulation\n+ preserves the alignment.\n", "prefixes": [] }