Re: dc(4) related misalignment trap

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From
John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
Date
21 Nov 2005 21:26:28
Subject
Re: dc(4) related misalignment trap
Message-ID
200511211623.35777.jhb@freebsd.org


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On Monday 21 November 2005 04:14 pm, John Baldwin wrote:
> On Monday 21 November 2005 09:49 am, John Baldwin wrote:
> > > Register s3 holds the sp variable ($2 in kgdb)
> > > Register t0 holds the result the left-hand side of the statement, which
> > > is not properly aligned for a 16-bit load ($7 = register t0 + 8).
> > >
> > > Rough patch to fix the problem attached:
> >
> > I think de(4) would need the same fix as well at least.
>
> Once I fixed another bug with de(4) due to ru@'s recent changes I wasn't
> able to reproduce an alignment trap with de(4) on my alpha, so although I
> have a patch for de(4) I can't test it. How are you triggering the
> alignment fault? Do you have something other than 'ifconfig_dc0="DHCP"' in
> /etc/rc.conf?

Check that, it would help to let the multiuser boot finish before firing off
the e-mail. I did indeed get the alignment fault during dhcp, so I'll be
testing that alignment patch in a minute or so.

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