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From:	Martin Str|mberg <ams AT ludd DOT luth DOT se>
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Subject:	Re: Alignment problem
In-Reply-To:	<200202091234.g19CYUV17283@envy.delorie.com> from DJ Delorie at "Feb 9, 2002 07:34:30 am"
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According to DJ Delorie:
> can't use the pointer to store an "int".  I don't know if the x86 has
> any memory access opcodes that *require* an aligned address.  If it
> does, then the returned pointer must be at least that aligned.

I'm not sure it's a realistic example, but I think the {L,S}{I,G}DT
instructions are some examples. Perhaps the only ones?


Right,

						MartinS

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