From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 18 14:17:56 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2764916A492 for ; Sat, 18 Nov 2006 14:17:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from harmony.bsdimp.com (vc4-2-0-87.dsl.netrack.net [199.45.160.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AEA743D45 for ; Sat, 18 Nov 2006 14:17:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.bsdimp.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id kAIEFhn2010373; Sat, 18 Nov 2006 07:15:44 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 07:16:25 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <20061118.071625.-432825382.imp@bsdimp.com> To: bde@zeta.org.au From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: <20061118214618.U15111@delplex.bde.org> References: <20061117201432.X11101@delplex.bde.org> <20061117.105304.1769993002.imp@bsdimp.com> <20061118214618.U15111@delplex.bde.org> X-Mailer: Mew version 4.2 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0 (harmony.bsdimp.com [127.0.0.1]); Sat, 18 Nov 2006 07:15:46 -0700 (MST) Cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, yar@comp.chem.msu.su, jkoshy@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, phk@phk.freebsd.dk, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/include ar.h X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 14:17:56 -0000 In message: <20061118214618.U15111@delplex.bde.org> Bruce Evans writes: : On Fri, 17 Nov 2006, M. Warner Losh wrote: : : > In message: <20061117201432.X11101@delplex.bde.org> : > Bruce Evans writes: : > : For that the comment should be something like: : > : : > : __packed; /* Align (sic) to work around bugs on arm (*). */ : > : : > : but I doubt that arm is that broken. : > : : > : (*) See this thread for more details. : > : > But they aren't bugs. : : Er, this thread gived the details of why they are bugs. I read the thread. They gave reasons why this broke the assumptions we've made til now. These assumptions weren't allowed by the standard. Hence my contention that they aren't bugs. Warner