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To: "Nakajima, Jun" <jun.nakajima@intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] fixes for building kernel using Intel compiler
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Nakajima, Jun wrote:
> I think it depends on the assumptions for the compiler quality. If you don't
> trust __attribute__ ((align(xxx)), many other things are broken as well. Why
> do you need to check this particular one, especially?

Because the hardware requires it.

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				Brain Gerst

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