Re: AW: [avr-gcc-list] Union as parameter

[Joerg Wunsch]

"Haase Bjoern (PT-BEU/EMT) *" <address@hidden> wrote:

> If the structure fits *exactly* into 2 byte, 4 byte or 8 byte, gcc
> internally is smart enough to allocate an object of type "int" HI,
> "long int" SI or "long long int" DI for the structure. Otherwise it
> allocates an object of mode BLK which forces the object to memory,
> i.e. forces it to the stack frame.

Ah, so it actually helps to declare the ``missing'' 13 bits in the
bitfield:

typedef union
{
        uint32_t dword;
        uint16_t word[2];
        uint8_t byte[4];
        struct
        {
                uint16_t offset:7;
                uint16_t page:10;
                uint16_t bank:2;
                uint16_t :13;
        } bits;
}
addr_u;

That way, the bitfield fills up 32 bits, similar to all other tags of
the union.

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J"org Wunsch                                           Unix support engineer
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