[U-Boot] [PATCH] Align linebuf to avoid misaligned aliases of it

[Albert ARIBAUD]

Le 19/08/2010 07:58, Mike Frysinger a écrit :
> On Wednesday, August 18, 2010 16:36:39 Albert ARIBAUD wrote:
>> Le 18/08/2010 19:54, Mike Frysinger a écrit :
>>> On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Albert ARIBAUD wrote:
>>>> Le 18/08/2010 18:46, Mike Frysinger a écrit :
>>>>> you need to include linux/compiler.h first ... but i would have
>>>>> thought this be a header already included globally.  maybe that's a
>>>>> new topic to start.
>>>>
>>>> I don't understand why I should introduce a dependency on linux. What is
>>>> the benefit?
>>>
>>> u-boot already includes the header in the source tree, not to mention
>>> the fact that this file is already including linux/ctype.h
>>
>> But absolutely no .h or .c file uses __aligned whereas
>> __attribute__((__aligned__())) is used in several places, right?
>
> that would seem to be the case currently
> -mike

In that case, I'll stick with the currently used syntax for this patch.

If someone feels the need to switch over to __aligned, I think issuing a 
separate global patch which changes all occurrences makes more sense 
than using both forms in the source code.

Amicalement,
-- 
Albert.