[parisc-linux] Back to evms-1.0.1 && unaligne access && gdb

[John David Anglin]

> p is of type partition define as follow:
> struct partition {
>     unsigned char boot_ind;     /* 0x80 - active */
>     unsigned char head;     /* starting head */
>     unsigned char sector;       /* starting sector */
>     unsigned char cyl;      /* starting cylinder */
>     unsigned char sys_ind;      /* What partition type */
>     unsigned char end_head;     /* end head */
>     unsigned char end_sector;   /* end sector */
>     unsigned char end_cyl;      /* end cylinder */
>     unsigned int start_sect;    /* starting sector counting from 0 */
>     unsigned int nr_sects;      /* nr of sectors in partition */
> };

The problem is that a struct of the above type is being allocated
at an unaligned address.  That's not normal.  The cast isn't the
problem.

Dave
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