Re: dc(4) related misalignment trap

From: John Baldwin <jhb_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:23:33 -0500
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_at_'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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Received on Mon Nov 21 2005 - 20:26:29 UTC

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