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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@vmware.com>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>,
"linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux/m68k <linux-m68k@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux-Arch <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Early crash (was: Re: module: show version information for built-in modules in sysfs)
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:38:12 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2mxmdm323.fsf@igel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110203002459.GA26729@dtor-ws.eng.vmware.com> (Dmitry Torokhov's message of "Wed, 2 Feb 2011 16:24:59 -0800")
Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@vmware.com> writes:
> Are pointers (along with ints/longs) on m68k naturally aligned on word
> boundary even though they are 32 bit?
On m68k, every object by default is at most aligned to a 2 byte
boundary. That's a heritage of the original Sun m68000 compiler, which
served as the template for the gcc configuration for Linux/m68k when the
porting started.
Andreas.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-02-03 17:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-02-01 20:33 Geert Uytterhoeven
2011-02-01 21:09 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2011-02-01 22:03 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2011-02-01 22:26 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2011-02-02 14:48 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2011-02-02 19:42 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2011-02-02 22:52 ` Andreas Schwab
2011-02-02 23:59 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2011-02-03 0:10 ` Andreas Schwab
2011-02-03 0:24 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2011-02-03 17:38 ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
2011-02-07 8:19 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2011-02-07 8:50 ` Early crash David Miller
2011-02-07 16:58 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2011-02-07 19:27 ` David Miller
2011-02-07 19:28 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2011-02-08 3:12 ` Rusty Russell
2011-02-08 3:31 ` David Miller
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