16 bit alignment of struct members in GCC 2.1

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From: Mohamed Ahmad
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 16:42

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	I have the file format for a DOS-based brain scanning
machine in the form of a C structure.  Being of DOS (and hence 16
bit) orgin, the struct members are 16-bit aligned.  I wish to
read some files of this format under OS/2 2.0.  Unfortunately,
when I compile the program using GCC 2.1, some variables
(especially floats) are 32-bit aligned and so the struct no
longer corresponds to the file format.  I have tried using GCC's
___attribute___(aligned((2))) statement to force 16-bit alignment
but have had no success.  Any ideas?  Thanks in advance for any help.

					Mohamed Ahmad

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