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

[M. Warner Losh]

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            Gerd Hoffmann <address@hidden> writes:
: 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?

packed and alignment attributes.

Warner