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From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
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Subject: Re: gcc and bitfields
To: kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE (Christoph Kukulies)
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 19:05:35 +0000 (GMT)
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> Yeah, I prefer that also.
> But: 
> 
> # grep __attrib  *
> segments.h:     unsigned sd_lobase:24 __attribute__ ((packed));
> segments.h:     unsigned rd_base:32 __attribute__ ((packed));   /* base address  */

IMO, this should be fixed.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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