[ovs-dev] [risc 2/4] packets: Do not assume that IPv4, TCP, or ARP headers are 32-bit aligned.

Ben Pfaff blp at nicira.com
Tue Aug 27 20:20:29 UTC 2013


On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 01:15:11PM -0700, Alex Wang wrote:
> > It's my "platform" in the sense of a flat surface that you put things
> > on, in this case my monitor.  I haven't even plugged it in for a year.
> >
> > This will definitely get some exposure on RISC machines since the goal
> > is to fix all the nasty Debian build failures seen here in red:
> >         https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=openvswitch
> > Many of those architectures are RISC, and I think all of them except
> > i386 and amd64 enforce alignment restrictions.  (Actually i386 and
> > amd64 can enforce alignment restrictions but no one ever turns that
> > feature on.)
> 
> Then, I'd definitely like to experiment on it. Could I borrow it?

Yes, come by whenever you want.



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