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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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  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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