Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 17:29:34 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject: Re: .align directives in libc.a
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On Wed, 7 Jul 1999, DJ Delorie wrote:

> All the .align directives do are add filler so that the next byte is
> suitably aligned *relative to the beginning of the subsection (section
> within object)*

Then what is the purpose of having .align directives in the assembly 
modules in the library?  At least in crt0.S and in exceptn.S it looks 
like they are judiciously placed where performance really matters.