Kyle McMartin wrote: > On Sat, May 02, 2009 at 07:13:37AM +0200, Helge Deller wrote: >> I think this patch is wrong, although it is theoretically correct. >> >> IIRC, gcc on hppa is not able to provide an alignment >= 8k, which is >> why we have done the 16k alignment inside the linker script. >> So, I think this change will prevent the parisc kernel to boot up. >> Needs testing. >> > > I think you're confusing this with the 8-byte maximum alignment from > kmalloc and on-stack that prevents us from just using a 16-byte aligned > word as a lock on pa1.1? No, I was not confusing it with the 8byte-alignment. I really meant that a > 8k alignment was not possible. I tried exactly the same stuff once and failed. I think the restriction came from hpux compatibility or some old gas... Anyway, I just tried some assembly and it seems to work. > The patch I trimmed from this mail looks correct to me. If you apply it and it boots OK for you, I'm fine. Helge -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-parisc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
