[PATCH] align.c

[Segher Boessenkool]

> Can you explain to me why/when stswi/lswi would get alignment
> exceptions.  I think I'm missing something :)  The reason I ask is we
> are working on some emulation handlers but are not doing anything with
> regards to alignment for e500.

CPU dependent; one example is stswi to cache-inhibited memory, on
some CPUs; another is trying to execute any string insn while in
little-endian mode, on some other CPUs.

On the 601, which is what Stef is using, a word-aligned string insn
that crosses a 256MB boundary causes an alignement exception (as
does *any* insn that does this); and a not-word-aligned string insn
that crosses a 4kB boundary, does, too.


Segher


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