Subject: Re: unaligned access error :-(
To: Pete Vickers <pete.vickers@uk.adtranz.com>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 01/10/2001 08:31:52
On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 02:55:10PM +0000, Pete Vickers wrote:

 > Death on flaxen wings:
 > From:  x.x.x.x.48845
 >  To:  y.y.y.y.38459
 >  Amt:     1
 > [ pid 2322 (teardrop): unaligned access: va=0x12010200c pc=0x12000167c
 > ra=0x1200015ec op=stq b00m ]
 > #

It doesn't die from the unaligned access ... the kernel fixes it up by
default.  However, there are probably other LP64 bugs that prevent it
from working.  Indeed, it uses "long" and "u_long" when it should be
using a fixed-size type.

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>