Re: Plan needed for switching m68k to 32-bit alignment

On Wed, 13 Nov 2024, Thorsten Glaser wrote:

> 
> But, as has been pointed out, if we make the current alignment explicit 
> everywhere, the kernel ABI does not have to change¹. And new syscalls, 
> ioctls, structs, etc. can just be made with natural alignment in mind (I 
> bet most are already anyway) and with padding assumptions made expli‐ 
> cit (which again probably is done already anyway).
> 

Yes, upstream developers can be expected accept patches that make explicit 
the alignment of struct members. That's what I've been saying for years. 

Luckily, that doesn't require a new ABI. It does require volunteers who 
are willing to write and submit patches for those packages that matter to 
users.

And that is the real problem: the manpower shortage. The only solution I 
proposed for that problem was better collaboration and better allocation 
of resources. But his straight-forward request for assistance was an 
excellent idea of Adrian's:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-68k/2024/11/msg00007.html