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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: jt@hpl.hp.com
Cc: mb@bu3sch.de, shaddy_baddah@hotmail.com,
	linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, dsd@gentoo.org,
	johannes@sipsolutions.net
Subject: Re: zd1211rw (2.6.22 sparc64): unaligned access (do_rx)
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:52:14 -0800 (PST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071206.195214.09557695.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071206214341.GA6821@bougret.hpl.hp.com>

From: Jean Tourrilhes <jt@hpl.hp.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 13:43:41 -0800

> On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 10:33:18PM +0100, Michael Buesch wrote:
> > Userspace handles this transparently through fault traps.
> 
> 	This is exactly what I was assuming. On the SPARC, in this
> instance, it did not (check back earlier in this discussion).

Right, you get a SIGBUS, and this is what will happen on
MIPS as well.

It is even defined in the application ABIs for these platforms that
all objects must be aligned to their type's natural size.

  reply	other threads:[~2007-12-07  3:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 51+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-11-19  0:56 zd1211rw (2.6.22 sparc64): unaligned access (do_rx) Shaddy Baddah
2007-11-19  8:27 ` David Miller
2007-11-19 12:11   ` Shaddy Baddah
2007-11-19 12:19     ` David Miller
2007-11-21 13:08     ` Shaddy Baddah
2007-11-19 15:03   ` Johannes Berg
2007-11-19 18:04     ` Jean Tourrilhes
2007-11-21 13:18       ` Shaddy Baddah
2007-11-21 13:30         ` Shaddy Baddah
2007-11-21 14:23           ` Daniel Drake
2007-11-21 18:05             ` Kyle McMartin
2007-11-30  5:31             ` Shaddy Baddah
2007-11-21 14:33           ` Daniel Drake
2007-11-21 18:44         ` Jean Tourrilhes
2007-11-30  3:42           ` Shaddy Baddah
2007-11-30 20:21             ` Jean Tourrilhes
2007-12-04  0:01               ` Jean Tourrilhes
     [not found]                 ` <4756AABC.3000204@hotmail.com>
     [not found]                   ` <20071205215600.GA28349@bougret.hpl.hp.com>
2007-12-05 23:25                     ` Shaddy Baddah
2007-12-05 23:40                       ` Jean Tourrilhes
2007-12-06 21:59                       ` Jean Tourrilhes
2007-12-06  2:36                     ` David Miller
2007-12-06 21:25                       ` Jean Tourrilhes
2007-12-06 21:33                         ` Michael Buesch
2007-12-06 21:43                           ` Jean Tourrilhes
2007-12-07  3:52                             ` David Miller [this message]
2007-12-07 11:35                               ` Michael Buesch
2007-12-07 12:34                                 ` David Miller
2007-12-07 13:36                                   ` Michael Buesch
2007-12-07 14:48                                     ` Daniel Drake
2007-12-08  1:36                                       ` David Miller
2007-12-08  1:35                                     ` David Miller
2007-12-08 11:21                                       ` Michael Buesch
2007-12-08 12:54                                         ` Daniel Drake
2007-12-07  3:50                           ` David Miller
2007-12-07  3:49                         ` David Miller
2007-11-19 22:20     ` David Miller
2007-11-19 22:35       ` Jean Tourrilhes
2007-11-20  7:42         ` David Miller
2007-11-20 17:43           ` Jean Tourrilhes
2007-11-20 21:56             ` David Miller
2007-11-20 12:40       ` Johannes Berg
2007-11-20 12:46         ` David Miller
     [not found]           ` <20071120180016.GC1480@bougret.hpl.hp.com>
2007-11-20 21:58             ` David Miller
2007-11-20 22:08               ` John W. Linville
2007-11-20 22:38                 ` David Miller
2007-11-20 22:16               ` Jean Tourrilhes
2007-11-20 22:41                 ` David Miller
     [not found]             ` <20071120180601.GA2019@bougret.hpl.hp.com>
     [not found]               ` <47443430.3010504@hotmail.com>
2007-11-21 19:06                 ` Jean Tourrilhes
2007-11-20 17:38         ` Jean Tourrilhes
2007-11-20 12:34   ` David Miller
2007-11-20 13:15     ` Johannes Berg

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