Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: [parisc-linux] documented Oops running big-endian reiserfs on parisc architecture | | From | Andi Kleen <> | | Date | 03 Sep 2001 09:29:12 +0200 |
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Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:
> > > Is it impossible to handle unaligned access traps properly on > > > parisc? If so, well you have some problems... > > > > No, we just haven't bothered to implement it yet. Not many people > > use IPX these days. > > You also need unaligned trap fixups for > > AX.25, NetROM, LAPB, X.25, Appletalk, PPP, Anything over 802.2LLC, Linus > NFS code for some NFS mount options (although not the -ac NFS code)
And also everybody connected to the internet needs them, because you can create arbitarily unaligned TCP/UDP/ICMP headers using IP option byte sized NOPs.
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