.data
	# just add some valid stuff before the bytes
	o:	.word	0x10,0x20,0x30,0x40
	# this is what we'll operate on
	x:	.byte	0x1,0x2,0x3,0x4,0x5,0x6,0x7,0x8
	.text
	la	$t0,x
	lw	$t1,0($t0)		# aligned
	#lw	$t1,1($t0)		# unaligned
	lw	$t1,-12($t0)	# aligned	
	lhu	$t1,0($t0)		# aligned
	#lhu	$t1,1($t0)		# unaligned
	lhu	$t1,2($t0)		# aligned
	#lhu	$t1,3($t0)		# unaligned
	lbu	$t1,3($t0)		# aligned (always)