Re: Align attribute in gcc requiring alignment of 2 for Xmegas with USB.

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> Behalf Of Thomas, George
> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 4:32 AM
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> Subject: [avr-gcc-list] Align attribute in gcc requiring alignment of 2 for
> Xmegas with USB.
> 
> Section 20.13.7 of the Xmega manual speaks about the requirement of 16 bit
> alignment.
> 
> http://www.atmel.com/images/doc8331.pdf
> 
> As the MAXIMUM_ALIGNMENT in avr.h is set to 1,  it throws an error when
> trying to compile.
> 
> I have attached a patch which sets it to 2 by default in the compiler.
> I have also attached a case which fails.
> 
> Would this be an acceptable change ?

Hi George,

No, this would not be an acceptable change, because it is changing the data alignment for the whole compiler, when there is only a restriction on a data structure for a single peripheral for a small subset of the AVR processors.

This is why the data attribute "aligned" exists. Just do this for your data structure:
__attribute__ ((aligned (2)))

Eric