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DateThu, 20 Mar 2008 20:41:01 +0100
FromSam Ravnborg <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH/RFC v3] introduce ARCH_CAN_UNALIGNED_ACCESS Kconfig symbol
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 07:45:34PM +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:
> Subject: introduce HAVE_UNALIGNED_ACCESS_SUPPORT Kconfig symbol
>
> In many cases, especially in networking, it can be beneficial to
> know at compile time whether the architecture can do unaligned
> accesses. This patch introduces a new Kconfig symbol
> HAVE_UNALIGNED_ACCESS_SUPPORT
> for that purpose and adds it to the powerpc and x86 architectures.
> Also add some documentation about alignment and networking, and
> especially one intended use of this symbol.
>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>

Sam



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