+
+#ifdef sparc_HOST_ARCH
+/* The closures returned by allocateLocal are only guaranteed to be 32 bit
+ aligned, because that's the size of pointers. SPARC v9 can't do
+ misaligned loads/stores, so we have to read the 64bit word in chunks */
+
+HsInt64
+rts_getInt64 (HaskellObj p)
+{
+ HsInt32* tmp;
+ // See comment above:
+ // ASSERT(p->header.info == I64zh_con_info ||
+ // p->header.info == I64zh_static_info);
+ tmp = (HsInt32*)&(UNTAG_CLOSURE(p)->payload[0]);
+
+ HsInt64 i = (HsInt64)(tmp[0] << 32) | (HsInt64)tmp[1];
+ return i;
+}
+
+#else
+