cvs commit: src/include ar.h

M. Warner Losh imp at bsdimp.com
Sat Nov 18 14:17:56 UTC 2006


In message: <20061118214618.U15111 at delplex.bde.org>
            Bruce Evans <bde at zeta.org.au> writes:
: On Fri, 17 Nov 2006, M. Warner Losh wrote:
: 
: > In message: <20061117201432.X11101 at delplex.bde.org>
: >            Bruce Evans <bde at zeta.org.au> writes:
: > : For that the comment should be something like:
: > :
: > :  	__packed;	/* Align (sic) to work around bugs on arm (*). */
: > :
: > : but I doubt that arm is that broken.
: > :
: > : (*) See this thread for more details.
: >
: > But they aren't bugs.
: 
: Er, this thread gived the details of why they are bugs.

I read the thread.  They gave reasons why this broke the assumptions
we've made til now.  These assumptions weren't allowed by the
standard.  Hence my contention that they aren't bugs.

Warner


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