ARM alignment options?

[Richard Earnshaw]

> Hi,
> 
> I have a StrongARM (sa1110) processor, using 32-bit SRAM. I don't 
> want to use the byte select lines though. I want to access the 
> memory (reads and writes) 32-bits at a time (always).
> 
> So I need to get the gcc compiler to align all variables to 32-bit 
> boundaries... For example.. a "char" should use 32-bits too... I have 
> looked through the gcc info, but can find anything... surely there 
> must be a option that does this? Or can I compile a new cross-
> compiler? I am using arm-elf at the moment...
> 
> At the moment I am using only unsigned ints (32-bit) variables... but I 
> would like to be able to work with strings too and hence need to use 
> bytes ;-)
> 
> Any ideas?
> 

There's just no way to do this with the current GCC code.  Sorry.

R.


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