Re: Tuple and changes for m68k with -malign-int

Finn Thain <[email protected]> Mon, 26 May 2025 15:25:21 +1000 (AEST)

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.ports.m68k,gmane.linux.debian.ports.68k,gmane.comp.lib.glibc.user
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On Wed, 21 May 2025, I wrote:

> 
> On Wed, 21 May 2025, John Klos wrote:
> 
> > Likewise, do you really think that the overhead of unaligned access is 
> > outweighed by the fact that more stuff fits in the cache? Seriously?
> > 
> 
> Yes, some of my 68030 systems have 16-bit data busses.
> 

For the record, the user manuals say the entries in the 68020 and 68030 
caches are long-words. So a 16-bit data bus would be a liability for 
accesses involving the caches, and John's probably right about overhead.