Re: [EXT] Re: [net-next PATCH v3] octeon_ep: pack hardware structure

From: Shinas Rasheed
Date: Thu Oct 19 2023 - 14:46:26 EST

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Hi Jakub,

Since these structures represent how hardware expects data, there can be a lack of alignment. I'm afraid static asserting all the hardware data structures might force some compilers to fail?

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