Re: Network alignment and endianness

[coypu%SDF.ORG@localhost]

On Tue, Nov 08, 2016 at 11:59:44PM +0000, John Klos wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On evbmips64-eb, -current from two days ago on an EdgeRouter Lite, trying to
> ping6 the other side of a gif interface:
> 
> panic: kernel diagnostic assertion "IP6_HDR_ALIGNED_P(icmp6)" failed: file
> "/usr/current/src/sys/netinet6/icmp6.c", line 485
> cpu0: Begin traceback...
> pid 268450496 not found
> cpu0: End traceback...
> 
> dumping to dev 8,1 offset 1048575
> dump i/o error
> 
> 
> rebooting...
> 
> This looks to be the same as this:
> 
> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-arm/2016/10/02/msg003925.html
> 
> So... What's the deal with big endian systems and alignment? Any ideas?
> 
> John

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