http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49089
--- Comment #1 from Changpeng Fang <changpeng.fang at amd dot com> 2011-05-20 18:01:29 UTC --- Apparently, this default option setting should only apply to systems that splitting loads is bebeficial: config/i386/i386.c(ix86_option_override_internal): if (!(target_flags_explicit & MASK_AVX256_SPLIT_UNALIGNED_LOAD)) target_flags |= MASK_AVX256_SPLIT_UNALIGNED_LOAD;