Hi:

Is there any alternative to non-ISO gcc specific extension __attribute__ on 64-bit kernels ?

Three types that i've noticed are: function attributes, type attributes and variable attributes.

eg. i'd like to avoid using __attribute__((__packed__)) for structures passed over the network, even though some gcc based code do use it.

Any suggestions or pointers on how to entirely avoid __attribute__ usage in C systems/kernel code ?

thanks Saifi.