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Date:      Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:25:11 +0100
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To:        John Hay <jhay@meraka.org.za>
Cc:        freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: sshd broken on arm?
Message-ID:  <86y7afv2ag.fsf@ds4.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <20080124114039.GF79134@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za> (John Hay's message of "Thu\, 24 Jan 2008 13\:40\:40 %2B0200")
References:  <20080118185634.GA28843@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za> <20080118.120152.-345488389.imp@bsdimp.com> <20080118191638.GA30155@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za> <20080118.145436.-1540399028.imp@bsdimp.com> <20080124114039.GF79134@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za>

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John Hay <jhay@meraka.org.za> writes:
> [89 lines of irrelevant context snipped - learn to quote!]
>
> Ok, it turned out that the problem/change was not in the kernel. Old
> and new kernels work equally well/bad. On December 2, the default
> optimisation for the ARMs was changed from -O2 to -O. That is it. If
> I compile libsshd with -O2, it works and if I compile it with -O, it
> does not.
>
> Just adding __aligned(4) like Warner suggested also fix the problem.
> [...]
> So what should we do?

>From a portability POV, the simplest fix is to place the buffer in a
union with a dummy member that forces the alignment.

In any case, this should be discussed on the OpenSSH mailing lists, not
here.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no



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