problem with unaligned access on Alpha

[Richard Henderson]

On Thu, Jun 24, 1999 at 09:54:04AM +0100, Christian Groessler wrote:
> I assume for shorts only. If I replace "unsigned short *" with "unsigned
> int *" I do get unaligned traps.

Yes.

> Now I see. The code for aligned word access breaks when the
> word is unaligned at address+7, if I understand the assembly code
> correctly.

Yes.

> ... but maybe this case is hard to detect (to give a warning etc.).

Impossible, actually.


r~