GNU bug report logs - #46111
Reverting fns.c hash function due to OpenBSD/SPARC64 compile breaking

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Reported by: Ahmed Khanzada <me <at> enzu.ru>

Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2021 09:07:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, me <at> enzu.ru, 46111 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#46111: Reverting fns.c hash function due to OpenBSD/SPARC64 compile breaking
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2021 11:14:47 -0500

Andreas Schwab [2021-01-28 17:04:19] wrote:

> On Jan 28 2021, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>
>>>> - I'd guess that the bus error is due to alignment restrictions.
>>>>   What hardware is this running on?
>>> See the Subject: it's SPARC64.
>>
>> I mean the actual hardware, not the architecture.
>
> Strict alignment is a property of the architecture, not the hardware.

IIRC some RISC architectures *allowed* errors on unaligned memory
accesses without requiring it, making it a property of the hardware.


        Stefan
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