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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] arm: armv7: add compile option -mno-unaligned-access if available
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 00:29:23 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201207190029.25734.vapier@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <yw1xlij2ta1b.fsf@unicorn.mansr.com>

On Monday 02 July 2012 12:14:40 M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> It's slightly more complicated than that.  Data can be misaligned for a
> variety of reasons:
> 
> 1. Errors in software.
> 2. Specified by a file format or communication protocol.
> 3. Deliberately misaligned by the compiler.
> 
> Misaligned data of type 1 should of course be fixed properly, not worked
> around in any way.

it's also a reliability aspect.  people don't write bug free software, not bug 
free protocols, nor bug free compilers.  when misalignment does happen in the 
field, it's a hell of a lot better if the software continued to execute 
correctly rather than randomly triggered an exception.
-mike
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-07-19  4:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-06-05 17:47 [U-Boot] [PATCH] arm: enable unaligned access on ARMv7 Lucas Stach
2012-06-05 18:42 ` Stephen Warren
2012-06-05 19:06   ` Lucas Stach
2012-06-22  9:15     ` Albert ARIBAUD
2012-06-22  9:36       ` Lucas Stach
2012-06-22 11:16         ` Albert ARIBAUD
2012-06-22 11:47           ` Lucas Stach
2012-06-22 22:11             ` Aneesh V
2012-06-22 22:13               ` Aneesh V
2012-06-23  9:01                 ` Albert ARIBAUD
2012-06-23 17:43                   ` V, Aneesh
2012-06-25 20:34                     ` Albert ARIBAUD
2012-06-25 21:49                       ` Aneesh V
2012-06-25 22:02                         ` Wolfgang Denk
2012-06-23 19:50                   ` Måns Rullgård
2012-06-24  6:30                   ` Lucas Stach
     [not found]                     ` <20120625221741.3a32790e@lilith>
2012-06-25 21:34                       ` Lucas Stach
2012-06-26 20:56       ` Rob Herring
2012-06-27 10:14         ` Tetsuyuki Kobayashi
2012-07-02  9:42           ` [U-Boot] [PATCH] arm: armv7: add compile option -mno-unaligned-access if available Tetsuyuki Kobayashi
2012-07-02  9:53             ` Måns Rullgård
2012-07-02 15:16               ` Lucas Stach
2012-07-02 16:14                 ` Måns Rullgård
2012-07-03  7:10                   ` Tetsuyuki Kobayashi
2012-07-05  7:57                   ` Albert ARIBAUD
2012-07-18 21:37                     ` Albert ARIBAUD
2012-07-19  4:31                     ` Mike Frysinger
2012-07-19  4:29                   ` Mike Frysinger [this message]
2012-07-19  6:28                     ` Albert ARIBAUD
2012-07-19 14:27                       ` Mike Frysinger
2012-07-20  7:12                         ` Albert ARIBAUD
2012-07-12 15:12             ` Gary Thomas

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