[U-Boot] [PATCH] arm: enable unaligned access on ARMv7

Albert ARIBAUD
2012-06-25T20:34:45Z

Hi Aneesh,

> >> BTW, I agree that enabling un-aligned access is not a bad idea.
> >
> > Just being "not a bad idea" is not enough for me to accept this. It
> > will have to be the sole sound solution to a problem, and at this
> > point, I do not think it is as far as USB structure mis-alignement
> > issues are concerned.
>
> My point is that enabling un-aligned accesses in itsown merit
> is not a bad idea, not as a solution to this problem. I have seen
> it being enabled in HLOS environment. TI's Symbian port for
> instance had it enabled for OMAP3. I don't
> know why Linux too shoudln't take advantage of such hw
> features. Perhaps you don't want to take it at this point of time to
> force the real solution to the USB problem, which is reasonable.

What is the (non-contrived) problem to which allowing mis-aligned
accesses would be a solution?

Amicalement,
--
Albert.