Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] isa_{read,write}{w,l} fixed | From | Jes Sorensen <> | Date | 12 Feb 2000 11:51:53 +0100 |
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>>>>> "Jamie" == Jamie Lokier <lk@tantalophile.demon.co.uk> writes:
Jamie> Alan Cox wrote: >> Structure padding is arch specific. For example u16 is 2 byte >> aligned on m68k 4 byte aligned on x86 and god knows how its aligned >> on an S/390
Jamie> <raises eyebrow>
Jamie> u16 is 4 byte aligned on x86?
Jamie> <checks GCC>
Jamie> Nope, it's 2 byte aligned.
Philipp's point is still valid though, u32 is only 2 byte aligned on the m68k. Yes is sucks, no there's too many binaries out there for us to change it now.
Jes
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