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Date:      Tue, 12 Dec 2006 06:24:45 -0800
From:      Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org>
To:        ticso@cicely.de
Cc:        cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, Luigi Rizzo <luigi@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, imp@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/net if_ethersubr.c
Message-ID:  <20061212062445.A61903@xorpc.icir.org>
In-Reply-To: <20061212141759.GZ54209@cicely12.cicely.de>; from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de on Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 03:17:59PM %2B0100
References:  <200612081036.kB8AakMD029277@repoman.freebsd.org> <20061212131333.GU54209@cicely12.cicely.de> <20061212055756.A61182@xorpc.icir.org> <20061212141759.GZ54209@cicely12.cicely.de>

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On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 03:17:59PM +0100, Bernd Walter wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 05:57:56AM -0800, Luigi Rizzo wrote:
...
> > then i suppose the proper fix is to revert to m_copy() and
> > work on if_simloop() so that 1. it handles a readonly chain, and
> > 2. when doing so, it passes up a properly aligned packet...
> 
> Can't comment on this, as I don't have enough knowledge about network
> code.
> According to the xscale report it was likely never properly aligned,
> the alignment obviously just moved with your change.
> 
> > however note that there is already some code in net/if_loop.c::if_simloop(),
> > just that it uses this:
> > 
> > 	#if defined(__ia64__) || defined(__sparc64__)
...
> > to detect whether the architecture is alignment-sensitive.
> > Is there any other identifier that we can use to check ?
> 
> I wonder how many of these are missing __arm__?

and this is why i wonder if there is a generic identifier
that we can use to provide alignment.

cheers
luigi



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