* The original reason for implementing this(*) was the fact that
* pre-21164a Alpha CPUs don't have byte load/store instructions
* and e.g. a byte store has to be done with 64-bit load, shift,
* The original reason for implementing this(*) was the fact that
* pre-21164a Alpha CPUs don't have byte load/store instructions
* and e.g. a byte store has to be done with 64-bit load, shift,