linux-kernel - Re: Early crash (was: Re: module: show version information for built-in modules in sysfs)

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Message-ID: <m2mxmdm323.fsf@igel.home>
Date:	Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:38:12 +0100
From:	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...are.com>
Cc:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	"linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux/m68k <linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-Arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Early crash (was: Re: module: show version information for built-in modules in sysfs)

Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...are.com> writes:

> Are pointers (along with ints/longs) on m68k naturally aligned on word
> boundary even though they are 32 bit?

On m68k, every object by default is at most aligned to a 2 byte
boundary.  That's a heritage of the original Sun m68000 compiler, which
served as the template for the gcc configuration for Linux/m68k when the
porting started.

Andreas.

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