> u8 buf[4];
> u16 *a;
> a = &buf[1];
> *a = 4;
> 0xbffffc40 = 0x4
> 0xbffffc41 = 0x0
> 0xbffffc42 = 0x0
> 0xbffffc43 = 0x0
I dont' think the ARM can do unaligned memory accesses; this should have
caused a SIGBUS.
The original IBM RT processor *ignored* the low bits of the address in
this case giving the result you describe.
Looks like a kernel bug to me.
keithp@keithp.com XFree86 Core Team SuSE, Inc.
Received on Thu Sep 14 16:18:58 2000
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