[bug #17338] GNU Mach vs. GCC 4.1

[Thomas Schwinge]

Update of bug #17338 (project hurd):

                  Status:               Confirmed => In Progress            

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Follow-up Comment #3:

Quoting from file #10478 (patch-gnumach-seg-1):

#v+
[...]
--- i386/i386/seg.h     5 Apr 2001 06:39:20 -0000       1.2
+++ i386/i386/seg.h     7 Aug 2006 03:59:04 -0000
@@ -121,20 +121,20 @@ struct real_gate {
 /* Format of a "pseudo-descriptor", used for loading the IDT and GDT.  */
 struct pseudo_descriptor
 {
-       short pad;
        unsigned short limit;
        unsigned long linear_base;
-};
+       short pad;
+} __attribute__((packed));
[...]
#v-

Why do we need that padding field at all?


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