Return-path: Received: from pasmtpb.tele.dk ([80.160.77.98]:58466 "EHLO pasmtpB.tele.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752800AbYCTTlG (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:41:06 -0400 Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:41:01 +0100 From: Sam Ravnborg To: Johannes Berg Cc: Daniel Drake , Linux Kernel list , linux-wireless , netdev Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC v3] introduce ARCH_CAN_UNALIGNED_ACCESS Kconfig symbol Message-ID: <20080320194101.GC17884@uranus.ravnborg.org> (sfid-20080320_194116_298435_F84850A5) References: <1206023695.16475.137.camel@johannes.berg> <20080320181310.GA17884@uranus.ravnborg.org> <1206038373.16475.150.camel@johannes.berg> <1206038734.16475.153.camel@johannes.berg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1206038734.16475.153.camel@johannes.berg> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 07:45:34PM +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: > Subject: introduce HAVE_UNALIGNED_ACCESS_SUPPORT Kconfig symbol > > In many cases, especially in networking, it can be beneficial to > know at compile time whether the architecture can do unaligned > accesses. This patch introduces a new Kconfig symbol > HAVE_UNALIGNED_ACCESS_SUPPORT > for that purpose and adds it to the powerpc and x86 architectures. > Also add some documentation about alignment and networking, and > especially one intended use of this symbol. > > Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg Sam