Hello, On 21.06.2011 22:41, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > ... and also in this case, I was talking about proper use of the packed > attribute in general, not at all about a specific case. I wanted to > provide a broader view to some people who expressed doubts and > misunderstanding in the hope that the archive could keep this knowledge > base available. > > I apologize if that wasn't clear to you. If you meant the abomination writing one, thanks, but I never expressed doubts or misunderstandings. I said doubts may arise because the standard (C99) doesn't say anything about if or how structs are packed (or aligned). Alexander -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html