Make ip.h and tcp.h work under -fnative-struct or -fms-bitfields
Danny Smith
danny_r_smith_2001@yahoo.co.nz
Mon Oct 28 01:24:00 GMT 2002
--- Wu Yongwei <adah@netstd.com> wrote: > These header files use "u_int xxx:4,
yyy:4", which in the MS convetion
> will generate 4-byte instead of 1-byte bit fields.
>
> ChangeLog:
>
> 2002-10-28 Wu Yongwei <adah@netstd.com>
>
> * ip.h (struct ip): Use u_char to indicate bitfields to make it
> work with -fnative-struct/-fms-bitfields.
> (struct ip_timestamp): Ditto.
> * tcp.h (struct tcphdr): Ditto.
Changing types like that can cause problems.
Wouldn't it be better to just use __attribute__((packed)) to pack the fields?
Danny
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