Also x86 can trap on unaligned access, if "Alignment Check" (eflags bit 18) is 1 and CR0 "Alignment Mask" (coincidentally also bit 18) is 1. Then misaligned ac

Also x86 can trap on unaligned access, if "Alignment Check" (eflags bit 18) is 1 and CR0 "Alignment Mask" (coincidentally also bit 18) is 1. Then misaligned access will trap on x86. Can be useful for emulating architectures that don't support misaligned access.