Re: Kernel Compile Problems
On Tue 24 Feb 2004, Chris Brotherton wrote:
> When I load any modules I get the following error:
>
> Feb 22 18:20:20 machine kernel: depmod.modutils(14635): unaligned trap
> at 000000012000e868: 000000012010f6ab 2c 21
>
> The modules still work just fine. Should I be concerned about this
> error?
That's nothing to do with the kernel; it occurs in a userspace process.
That process is accessing data in a non-aligned fashion, which the
hardware on alpha (and sparc, and probably a couple of others as well)
can't handle. This is resolved by the alpha linux kernel by emulating
the access (which is _very_ much slower).
I suggest filing a bug report on modutils about this.
Paul Slootman
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