> > Shouldn't we be padding for 64-bit machines?  Or do all 64-bit machines
> > need unaligned access trap handlers to deal with unaligned 64-bit values.
> > BTW, I have seen instances of gcc 2.7.2.1 misaligning `long long's on
> > SPARC.
> 
> Perhaps, but normally the compiler should take care of the alignment.
> The m68k is just a special case where the normal compiler alignment
> rules are not always what we want, but we don't want to change them
> (for ABI compatibilty reasons).

Sounds like a job for a gcc -m flag?

-Dave