Bug#455909: tracking down misaligned memory accesses

[Larry Doolittle <ldoolitt@recycle.lbl.gov>]

Martin -

> After running for a mere 20 hours, /proc/cpu/alignment reports
> millions of misaligned word accesses from the kernel:
> System:         2765980

After checking 2.6.23 from unstable as maks suggested,
please report back more detail on the hardware you have
in service.  I have seen an ARM system act like this
with epro100 network drivers.

It would be helpful if you could run some quick experiments
to isolate the source of the alignment faults to a subsytem
(e.g., USB, network, disk).

   - Larry