linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix/add raw1394 CONFIG

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Date:	Sun, 20 May 2007 02:02:18 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
CC:	Petr Vandrovec <petr@...drovec.name>, dan@...nedy.org,
	linux1394-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix/add raw1394 CONFIG_COMPAT code

Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Monday 07 May 2007, Petr Vandrovec wrote:
>> +struct raw1394_cycle_timer32 {
>> +        __u32 cycle_timer;
>> +        __u64 local_time;
>> +} __attribute__((packed));
> 
> Note that this data structure only needs conversion on x86_64 and ia64, but
> not on powerpc and other 64 bit architectures that align __u64 also in
> 32 bit mode.

Is this conversion just unnecessary or actually harmful on ppc64 and others?
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Stefan Richter
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