Re: Off-topic

Richard B. Johnson (root@analogic.com)
Wed, 5 Mar 1997 14:14:21 -0500 (EST)


On Tue, 4 Mar 1997, root wrote:

> Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> >
> > Anyone know how to get gcc to NOT pad structs?
> > __atttribute__((aligned (1))) does NOT work. It insists upon aligning
> > long-words to long-words boundaries. The problem is that a certain data
> > element ___specified___ by someone else, MUST exist in a light-pipe packet
> > EXACTLY where specified!
> >
> > Cheers,
>
> __attribute__((packed))
>
> >From gcc's info page:
>
> The `aligned' attribute can only increase the alignment; but you can
> decrease it by specifying packed' as well. See below.
>
>
> --- James Mastros
>
Thanks did not known what to search upon.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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