> Not sure about RISC-V but I would not be surprised if the same applies there. It's probably a case of lowest common denominator. Unalligned access is discou

> Not sure about RISC-V but I would not be surprised if the same applies there. It's probably a case of lowest common denominator. Unalligned access is discouraged but allowed by the spec... But it's allowed to raise an exception. But not required. Cheaper to optimise to avoid that circumstance.