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Re: [PATCH] b43: Fix possible unaligned u32 access

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On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 11:18:33PM +0200, Michael Buesch wrote:
> From: Matthieu CASTET <castet.matthieu@xxxxxxx>
> 
> Fix possible unaligned u32 access in b43_generate_plcp_hdr().
> Unaligned data is read/write with a u32 pointer instead of using the
> packed structure. Some versions of gcc ignore the "packed" attribute, if the
> structure element is accessed through a local pointer.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthieu CASTET <castet.matthieu@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb@xxxxxxxxx>

That seems pretty brain-dead...can you cite a source for this
information?  The patch seems like a no-op...

John
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