linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86, efi: Fix unaligned access and endian issues

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Date:	Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:09:09 +0000
From:	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>
To:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Cc:	x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, efi: Fix unaligned access and endian issues

On Thu, 2012-02-23 at 10:54 +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> > Peter was talking about exporting unaligned.h for host tools so this
> > patch will probably go through another iteration anyway.
> 
> OK.  In that case, I will add this version to my fixes tree in linux-next
> just so that the allmodconfig builds work again.  I will remove it when
> it turns up (presumably in the tip tree).

OK, thanks.

> Just to be clear, it wasn't the unaligned accesses that were causing me a
> problem (PowerPC copes), it was the endian issues.

Right. I'll fix up the commit message to be a bit clearer.

-- 
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center

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