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Re: Unaligned access in kernel on ARMv6+ (Re: CVS commit: src/sys/dev/usb)



On Jan 6,  3:59pm, nick.hudson%gmx.co.uk@localhost (Nick Hudson) wrote:
-- Subject: Re: Unaligned access in kernel on ARMv6+ (Re: CVS commit: src/sys

| > Isn't that orthogonal?
| 
| Nope, because normal cached memory allows unaligned access (kernel and 
| userland).
| 

I did not realize that the i_axe case was referencing uncached memory. If
that's the case, then we should turn on the pmap flag and start fixing the
drivers :-) But perhaps we don't want to inflict that pain to everyone until
things are mostly fixed...

christos


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