Y is 28 for introduction of the quoted code in arch/arm/mm/alignment.c, AFAICT, so how about this one, ok now?
Index: changes.html =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/gcc-4.7/changes.html,v retrieving revision 1.113 diff -p -u -r1.113 changes.html --- changes.html 5 Jun 2012 11:03:53 -0000 1.113 +++ changes.html 15 Jun 2012 02:04:46 -0000 @@ -43,6 +43,19 @@ </li> + <li>On ARM, when compiling for ARMv6 (but not ARMv6-M), ARMv7-A, + ARMv7-R, or ARMv7-M, the new option + <code>-munaligned-access</code> is active by default, which for + some source codes generates code that accesses memory on unaligned + adresses. This will require the kernel of those systems to enable + such accesses (controlled by CP15 register <code>c1</code>, refer + to ARM documentation). Alternatively or for compatibility with + kernels where unaligned accesses are not supported, all code has + to be compiled with <code>-mno-unaligned-access</code>. + Linux/ARM in official releases has automatically and + unconditionally supported unaligned accesses as emitted by GCC due + to this option being active since Linux version 2.6.28.</li> + <li>Support on ARM for the legacy floating-point accelerator (FPA) and the mixed-endian floating-point format that it used has been obsoleted. The ports that still use this format have been obsoleted as well. brgds, H-P