Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754707AbXKYOlG (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 Nov 2007 09:41:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752778AbXKYOkz (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 Nov 2007 09:40:55 -0500 Received: from quechua.inka.de ([193.197.184.2]:59358 "EHLO mail.inka.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752770AbXKYOkz (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 Nov 2007 09:40:55 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 1618 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 09:40:55 EST To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Documentation about unaligned memory access References: <20071123001554.12F8B9D4A1F@zog.reactivated.net> Organization: private Linux site, southern Germany From: Olaf Titz Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 15:13:48 +0100 Message-ID: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 585 Lines: 13 > Unaligned memory accesses occur when you try to read N bytes of data starting > from an address that is not evenly divisible by N (i.e. addr % N != 0). Should clarify that you mean "with power-of-two N" - even more strictly this depends on the processor, but I'm pretty sure there is none which supports aligned accesses of N==3... Olaf - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/