From owner-freebsd-bugs Sun Mar 1 18:02:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA17356 for freebsd-bugs-outgoing; Sun, 1 Mar 1998 18:02:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from feith1.FEITH.COM (feith1.FEITH.COM [192.251.93.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA17320 for ; Sun, 1 Mar 1998 18:02:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from john@feith.com) Received: from jwlab.FEITH.COM (jwlab.FEITH.COM [192.251.93.16]) by feith1.FEITH.COM (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id VAA04501 for ; Sun, 1 Mar 1998 21:01:55 -0500 (EST) Received: by jwlab.FEITH.COM (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id VAA16657; Sun, 1 Mar 1998 21:01:54 -0500 Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 21:01:54 -0500 From: john@feith.com (John Wehle) Message-Id: <199803020201.VAA16657@jwlab.FEITH.COM> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Alignment limit in the FreeBSD-current assembler Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The assembler currently doesn't pay attention to section_alignment when writing the object file. As a result it is not possible to follow the Intel recommendation of aligning 32 byte or greater objects on a 32 byte boundary (since the beginning of the section isn't guaranteed to be aligned correctly). 1) Any time frame on upgrading the assembler to something more current? 2) Any hidden dependences in the rest of the OS which prevents defining SUB_SEGMENT_ALIGN as 5? -- John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Feith Systems | Voice: 1-215-646-8000 | Email: john@feith.com | | John Wehle | Fax: 1-215-540-5495 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message