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unaligned: let gcc generate optimal code
authorShawn Landden <slandden@gmail.com>
Sun, 17 Dec 2017 05:44:56 +0000 (21:44 -0800)
committerSven Eden <yamakuzure@gmx.net>
Wed, 30 May 2018 05:50:11 +0000 (07:50 +0200)
commit858cb114af3be21b7ba094efd5df65d3869a8ab1
tree4ebf23ed07bbb964f959a5664b36299ab7c7ddf6
parent35078962d59391fba6e42c9f6675adff25b5e34b
unaligned: let gcc generate optimal code

on some architectures such as MIPS there are special unaligned load/store
sequences, instead of having to do bitwise accesses

https://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/Alignment
src/basic/unaligned.h