On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 01:08:16AM +0100, Andreas Schwab wrote: > Carlos O'Donell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Why is 16-bit int alignment the default for m68k in gcc? > > > > Which ABIs influenced this decision? > > The original ABI was defined by Sun PCC. Note that the SysV ABI > actually uses natural alignment for all types, but that came only much > later. > > You can find much of the history in the change logs of gcc 1.42.
Excellent, that scratches my itch, thanks for providing a history lesson and a good pointer. Cheers, Carlos. -- Carlos O'Donell CodeSourcery [EMAIL PROTECTED] (650) 331-3385 x716
