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.TH "GET_UNALIGNED" "9" "29 May 2003" "" ""

.SH NAME
get_unaligned \- get value from possibly mis-aligned location
.SH SYNOPSIS
.sp
\fB
.sp
get_unaligned  ( \fIptr\fB);
\fR
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIptr\fB\fR
pointer to value
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This macro should be used for accessing values larger in size than 
single bytes at locations that are expected to be improperly aligned, 
e.g. retrieving a u16 value from a location not u16-aligned.
.PP
Note that unaligned accesses can be very expensive on some architectures.
.SH "ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT"
.PP
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.PP
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.PP
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.PP
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.PP
If you have comments on the formatting of this manpage, then please contact
Michael Still (mikal@stillhq.com).
.PP
This documentation was generated with kernel version 2.5.70.