Date: Mon, 14 Feb 94 11:54:14 -0500
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT ctron DOT com>
To: jcrigler AT orl DOT mmc DOT com
Cc: pgf AT cayman DOT com, jcrigler AT orl DOT mmc DOT com, djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu,
        jcrigler AT orl DOT mmc DOT com
Subject: Re: get vga info: int 10, ah == 1b

> >   where do i need to put the "__attribute__ ((packed))" keywords?  the
> >   shotgun approach to programming says do this:
> > 	struct {
> > 		char a __attribute__ ((packed));
> > 		short b __attribute__ ((packed));
> > 	} foo __attribute__ ((packed));
> >   but i'll bet they're not all necessary...
> > ]

The first two are needed, the last one might be also but I doubt it.
Look in <coff.h>, which uses packed structures.