[parisc-linux] documented Oops running big-endian reiserfs on parisc architecture

Andi Kleen ak@suse.de
03 Sep 2001 09:29:12 +0200


Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:

> > > Is it impossible to handle unaligned access traps properly on
> > > parisc?  If so, well you have some problems...
> > 
> > No, we just haven't bothered to implement it yet.  Not many people
> > use IPX these days.
> 
> You also need unaligned trap fixups for
> 
> AX.25, NetROM, LAPB, X.25, Appletalk, PPP, Anything over 802.2LLC, Linus
> NFS code for some NFS mount options (although not the -ac NFS code)

And also everybody connected to the internet needs them, because you can 
create arbitarily unaligned TCP/UDP/ICMP headers using IP option byte sized 
NOPs. 

-Andi