Re: [Sbcl-devel] [Sbcl-commits] CVS: sbcl/src/compiler/sparc array.lisp, 1.12, 1.13

[Juho S. <js...@ik...>]

"Bruce O'Neel" <ec...@pc...> writes:
> Hi,
> Um, I think this change has to be undone for Sparc.
> 
> Both Linux Sparc and NetBSD sparc won't build a running 
> sbcl with the below.  Sparcs are very picky about unaligned
> memory access, perfering to bus error rather than doing the
> unaligned access slowly.
> 
> If one undoes this change than 1.0.23.70 builds and runs seemingly
> just fine.

Instead of reverting, does it help to use the patch as-is but change:
 
> >        (inst andn ndescr 4)

to:

(inst andn ndescr lowtag-mask)

-- 
Juho Snellman