The patch titled
fix unaligned exception in /drivers/net/wireless/orinoco.c
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
fix-unaligned-exception-in-drivers-net-wireless-orinococ.patch
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Subject: fix unaligned exception in /drivers/net/wireless/orinoco.c
From: "Hennerich, Michael" <Michael.Hennerich@xxxxxxxxxx>
Prevent an unaligned exception to occur. (GCC 4.1) tmp is defined as char
pointer while it is later accessed as short.
Cc: Jean Tourrilhes <jt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/orinoco.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN drivers/net/wireless/orinoco.c~fix-unaligned-exception-in-drivers-net-wireless-orinococ drivers/net/wireless/orinoco.c
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco.c~fix-unaligned-exception-in-drivers-net-wireless-orinococ
+++ a/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco.c
@@ -2059,7 +2059,7 @@ static int determine_firmware(struct net
int err;
struct comp_id nic_id, sta_id;
unsigned int firmver;
- char tmp[SYMBOL_MAX_VER_LEN+1];
+ char tmp[SYMBOL_MAX_VER_LEN+1] __attribute__((aligned(2)));
/* Get the hardware version */
err = HERMES_READ_RECORD(hw, USER_BAP, HERMES_RID_NICID, &nic_id);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from Michael.Hennerich@xxxxxxxxxx are
fix-unaligned-exception-in-drivers-net-wireless-orinococ.patch
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