HOST_CPU=$host_cpu
AC_SUBST(HOST_CPU)
-dnl common/m4/gst-arch.m4
-dnl check for unaligned access
-AG_GST_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
-dnl create a configure variable for gst/gstconfig.h
-if test x${as_cv_unaligned_access} = xyes ; then
- GST_HAVE_UNALIGNED_ACCESS_DEFINE="#define GST_HAVE_UNALIGNED_ACCESS 1"
-else
- GST_HAVE_UNALIGNED_ACCESS_DEFINE="#define GST_HAVE_UNALIGNED_ACCESS 0"
-fi
-AC_SUBST(GST_HAVE_UNALIGNED_ACCESS_DEFINE)
-
dnl check for platform specific settings
AG_GST_PLATFORM
/* Configures the use of external plugins */
@GST_DISABLE_PLUGIN_DEFINE@
-/* whether or not the CPU supports unaligned access */
-@GST_HAVE_UNALIGNED_ACCESS_DEFINE@
+/* Whether or not the CPU supports unaligned access
+ * The macros used are defined consistently by GCC, Clang, MSVC, Sun, and ICC
+ *
+ * References:
+ * https://sourceforge.net/p/predef/wiki/Architectures/
+ * https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/b0084kay.aspx
+ * http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19205-01/820-4155/c++_faq.html#Vers6
+ * https://software.intel.com/en-us/node/583402
+ */
+#if defined(__alpha__) || defined(__arm__) || defined(__aarch64__) || defined(__bfin) || defined(__hppa__) || defined(__mips__) || defined(__sh__) || defined(__sparc__) || defined(__sparc) || defined(__ia64__) || defined(_M_ALPHA) || defined(_M_ARM) || defined(_M_IA64)
+# define GST_HAVE_UNALIGNED_ACCESS 0
+#elif defined(__i386__) || defined(__i386) || defined(__amd64__) || defined(__amd64) || defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__ppc__) || defined(__ppc64__) || defined(__m68k__) || defined(_M_IX86) || defined(_M_AMD64) || defined(_M_X64)
+# define GST_HAVE_UNALIGNED_ACCESS 1
+#else
+# error "Could not detect architecture; don't know whether it supports unaligned access! Please file a bug."
+#endif
/**
* GST_EXPORT: