[parisc-linux] code 28 trap

Grant Grundler grundler@cup.hp.com
Fri, 25 Feb 2000 12:36:27 -0800


willy@thepuffingroup.com wrote:

> Uh oh.  We really need a kernel unaligned trap handler.  Some of
> the network protocols rely on that being handled right (yes, i know.
> it sucks.)

It really sucks. If any code in the performance path depends on this,
we can forget competing with HP-UX. Misaligned references should be
flagged with "BUG()" or logged we know it's happening.

Thanks for pointing out the problem.
As long as this exists, it seems I can't "boot" on my c3k.

thanks,
grant

Grant Grundler
Unix Development Lab
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