diff --git a/tests/tcg/i386/system/memory.c b/tests/tcg/i386/system/memory.c
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+/*
+ * Memory Test
+ *
+ * This is intended to test the softmmu code and ensure we properly
+ * behave across normal and unaligned accesses across several pages.
+ * We are not replicating memory tests for stuck bits and other
+ * hardware level failures but looking for issues with different size
+ * accesses when:
+
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <minilib.h>
+
+#define TEST_SIZE (4096 * 4)  /* 4 pages */
+
+static uint8_t test_data[TEST_SIZE];
+
+static void pdot(int count)
+{
+    if (count % 128 == 0) {
+        ml_printf(".");
+    }
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * Fill the data with ascending value bytes. As x86 is a LE machine we
+ * write in ascending order and then read and high byte should either
+ * be zero or higher than the lower bytes.
+ */
+
+static void init_test_data_u8(void)
+{
+    uint8_t count = 0, *ptr = &test_data[0];
+    int i;
+
+    ml_printf("Filling test area with u8:");
+    for (i = 0; i < TEST_SIZE; i++) {
+        *ptr++ = count++;
+        pdot(i);
+    }
+    ml_printf("done\n");
+}
+
+static void init_test_data_u16(int offset)
+{
+    uint8_t count = 0;
+    uint16_t word, *ptr = (uint16_t *) &test_data[0];
+    const int max = (TEST_SIZE - offset) / sizeof(word);
+    int i;
+
+    ml_printf("Filling test area with u16 (offset %d):", offset);
+
+    /* Leading zeros */
+    for (i = 0; i < offset; i++) {
+        *ptr = 0;
+    }
+
+    ptr = (uint16_t *) &test_data[offset];
+    for (i = 0; i < max; i++) {
+        uint8_t high, low;
+        low = count++;
+        high = count++;
+        word = (high << 8) | low;
+        *ptr++ = word;
+        pdot(i);
+    }
+    ml_printf("done\n");
+}
+
+static void init_test_data_u32(int offset)
+{
+    uint8_t count = 0;
+    uint32_t word, *ptr = (uint32_t *) &test_data[0];
+    const int max = (TEST_SIZE - offset) / sizeof(word);
+    int i;
+
+    ml_printf("Filling test area with u32 (offset %d):", offset);
+
+    /* Leading zeros */
+    for (i = 0; i < offset; i++) {
+        *ptr = 0;
+    }
+
+    ptr = (uint32_t *) &test_data[offset];
+    for (i = 0; i < max; i++) {
+        uint8_t b1, b2, b3, b4;
+        b4 = count++;
+        b3 = count++;
+        b2 = count++;
+        b1 = count++;
+        word = (b1 << 24) | (b2 << 16) | (b3 << 8) | b4;
+        *ptr++ = word;
+        pdot(i);
+    }
+    ml_printf("done\n");
+}
+
+
+static int read_test_data_u16(int offset)
+{
+    uint16_t word, *ptr = (uint16_t *)&test_data[offset];
+    int i;
+    const int max = (TEST_SIZE - offset) / sizeof(word);
+
+    ml_printf("Reading u16 from %#lx (offset %d):", ptr, offset);
+
+    for (i = 0; i < max; i++) {
+        uint8_t high, low;
+        word = *ptr++;
+        high = (word >> 8) & 0xff;
+        low = word & 0xff;
+        if (high < low && high != 0) {
+            ml_printf("Error %d < %d\n", high, low);
+            return 1;
+        } else {
+            pdot(i);
+        }
+
+    }
+    ml_printf("done\n");
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int read_test_data_u32(int offset)
+{
+    uint32_t word, *ptr = (uint32_t *)&test_data[offset];
+    int i;
+    const int max = (TEST_SIZE - offset) / sizeof(word);
+
+    ml_printf("Reading u32 from %#lx (offset %d):", ptr, offset);
+
+    for (i = 0; i < max; i++) {
+        uint8_t b1, b2, b3, b4;
+        word = *ptr++;
+
+        b1 = word >> 24 & 0xff;
+        b2 = word >> 16 & 0xff;
+        b3 = word >> 8 & 0xff;
+        b4 = word & 0xff;
+
+        if ((b1 < b2 && b1 != 0) ||
+            (b2 < b3 && b2 != 0) ||
+            (b3 < b4 && b3 != 0)) {
+            ml_printf("Error %d, %d, %d, %d", b1, b2, b3, b4);
+            return 2;
+        } else {
+            pdot(i);
+        }
+    }
+    ml_printf("done\n");
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int read_test_data_u64(int offset)
+{
+    uint64_t word, *ptr = (uint64_t *)&test_data[offset];
+    int i;
+    const int max = (TEST_SIZE - offset) / sizeof(word);
+
+    ml_printf("Reading u64 from %#lx (offset %d):", ptr, offset);
+
+    for (i = 0; i < max; i++) {
+        uint8_t b1, b2, b3, b4, b5, b6, b7, b8;
+        word = *ptr++;
+
+        b1 = ((uint64_t) (word >> 56)) & 0xff;
+        b2 = ((uint64_t) (word >> 48)) & 0xff;
+        b3 = ((uint64_t) (word >> 40)) & 0xff;
+        b4 = (word >> 32) & 0xff;
+        b5 = (word >> 24) & 0xff;
+        b6 = (word >> 16) & 0xff;
+        b7 = (word >> 8)  & 0xff;
+        b8 = (word >> 0)  & 0xff;
+
+        if ((b1 < b2 && b1 != 0) ||
+            (b2 < b3 && b2 != 0) ||
+            (b3 < b4 && b3 != 0) ||
+            (b4 < b5 && b4 != 0) ||
+            (b5 < b6 && b5 != 0) ||
+            (b6 < b7 && b6 != 0) ||
+            (b7 < b8 && b7 != 0)) {
+            ml_printf("Error %d, %d, %d, %d, %d, %d, %d, %d",
+                      b1, b2, b3, b4, b5, b6, b7, b8);
+            return 2;
+        } else {
+            pdot(i);
+        }
+    }
+    ml_printf("done\n");
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/* Read the test data and verify at various offsets */
+int do_reads(void)
+{
+    int r = 0;
+    int off = 0;
+
+    while (r == 0 && off < 8) {
+        r = read_test_data_u16(off);
+        r |= read_test_data_u32(off);
+        r |= read_test_data_u64(off);
+        off++;
+    }
+
+    return r;
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+    int i, r = 0;
+
+
+    init_test_data_u8();
+    r = do_reads();
+    if (r) {
+        return r;
+    }
+
+    for (i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
+        init_test_data_u16(i);
+
+        r = do_reads();
+        if (r) {
+            return r;
+        }
+    }
+
+    for (i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
+        init_test_data_u32(i);
+
+        r = do_reads();
+        if (r) {
+            return r;
+        }
+    }
+
+    ml_printf("Test complete: %s\n", r == 0 ? "PASSED" : "FAILED");
+    return r;
+}
