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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/system.h9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/system.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/system.h
index b8fe48ee2ed9..b4293fc8b798 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/system.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/system.h
@@ -457,4 +457,13 @@ static inline void rdtsc_barrier(void)
alternative(ASM_NOP3, "lfence", X86_FEATURE_LFENCE_RDTSC);
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_MCORE2
+/*
+ * We handle most unaligned accesses in hardware. On the other hand
+ * unaligned DMA can be quite expensive on some Nehalem processors.
+ *
+ * Based on this we disable the IP header alignment in network drivers.
+ */
+#define NET_IP_ALIGN 0
+#endif
#endif /* _ASM_X86_SYSTEM_H */