Re: [Xen-devel] PACKED in structure is xen.h - newbie (OT)

[Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 30 Mar 2005, at 12:20, sting sting wrote:

> What is this 'PACKED'? is it  the __attribute__ ((__packed__)) of gcc 
> (or something near)?
> Is there somewhere  a macro in Xen which defines it?  (or is it a part 
> of some gcc extension?)
It means that the compiler will not add extra padding in between 
adjacent fields in teh struct. I've been convinced this is not the best 
way to define the interface structures, so all the PACKED declarations 
will be disappearing in the near future!
 -- Keir


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