[U-Boot] [PATCH] USB:host: Attribute packed removed from usb structures

[Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>]

On Monday 27 February 2012 08:14:26 Marek Vasut wrote:
> > On 2/25/2012 3:42 PM, Albert ARIBAUD wrote:
> > > Le 24/02/2012 12:58, Amit Virdi a ?crit :
> > >> Packed attribute is forcing a bytewise write on device registers,
> > >> there by, resulting in a misbehavior on gcc-4.4.1.
> > >> Reverting the structures to non-packed
> > > 
> > > If (just asking, not asserting) the issue is caused by fields being u8
> > > where u8 access is not possible, then should you not make the fields
> > > u16 / u32 according to access requirements?
> > 
> > The problem is not with the fields being of a different width. AFAIK,
> > the packed attribute changes the generated code to access even the word
> > field elements in a byte by byte manner
> > 
> > Infact, there is a discussion on lkml that I can point
> > https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/4/27/278
> > 
> > It seems that the discussion did not lead to a conclusion but it was
> > sensible (at least for ARM) to remove the packed attribute from this
> > structure
> 
> What does the USB spec say ? It might be a HW bug?

it isn't covered by the USB spec.  these are structs for hardware registers in 
the EHCI usb host controller.
-mike
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