Re: [Qemu-devel] [patch] add byteordered types

[Gerd Hoffmann]

Paul Brook wrote:
> On Wednesday 27 August 2008, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
>> +typedef struct { uint16_t le; } le16;
> 
> This won't do what you expect on some targets. In particular older ARM 
> targets 
> align all structs to a word (4-byte) boundary.

Is this a default which can be changed by adding alignment atttributes?
Or is it done unconditionally?

cheers,
  Gerd