Please reply all..I added back list. On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 1:58 PM, mohit verma <mohit89mlnc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > thnx john,......... > but i know that this indicates to compiler to align the structure to its > nearest boundries. is that so? I am not sure of your definition of boundary, but I would say it does the opposite. It tells the compiler not to align the struct to boundaries. -- John _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies