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Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 19:27:27 +0200 From: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de> To: discuss@...-64.org Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [discuss] Re: Please pull x86-64 bug fixes > Have you actually ever seen an alignment check in the kernel? No. It was me extrapolating from Marcus' report, but I apparently didn't read the specification well enough. > As far as I > know, the AC flag is only effective in user space, and anything else would > be in violation of the whole definition of the AC flag. The i486 manual > explicitly states that AC events are _only_ handled in ring3. > > So I think these both are (a) misleading and (b) wrong. Ok. Please drop them then. -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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