[U-Boot] [PATCH] Align linebuf to avoid misaligned aliases of it

[Albert ARIBAUD <albert.aribaud@free.fr>]

Le 18/08/2010 18:46, Mike Frysinger a ?crit :
> On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Albert ARIBAUD wrote:
>> Le 14/08/2010 19:42, Mike Frysinger a ?crit :
>>> On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 4:33 AM, Albert ARIBAUD wrote:
>>>> Le 14/08/2010 10:25, Mike Frysinger a ?crit :
>>>>>>   int print_buffer (ulong addr, void* data, uint width, uint count, uint
>>>>>> linelen)
>>>>>>   {
>>>>>> -       uint8_t linebuf[MAX_LINE_LENGTH_BYTES + 1];
>>>>>> +       uint8_t linebuf[MAX_LINE_LENGTH_BYTES + 1]
>>>>>> +               __attribute__((__aligned__(sizeof(uint32_t))));
>>>>>
>>>>> __aligned(sizeof(uint32_t))
>>>>
>>>> I based the __aligned__ on what's in post/cpu/ppc4xx/cache.c. What is the
>>>> difference between __aligned and __aligned__?
>>>
>>> i dont mean "__attribute__((__aligned(sizeof(uint32_t))))", i mean
>>> "__aligned(sizeof(uint32_t))".  the linux compiler headers take care
>>> of expanding it to an attribute.
>>
>> The __aligned(...) syntax fails to compile with the ELDK 4.2 arm toolchain.
>
> you need to include linux/compiler.h first ... but i would have
> thought this be a header already included globally.  maybe that's a
> new topic to start.
> -mike

I don't understand why I should introduce a dependency on linux. What is 
the benefit?

Amicalement,
-- 
Albert.