patch to align gobal vars having packed attribute

[Jeffrey A Law]

  In message < Pine.SOL.3.91.1000810090616.21816A-100000@emperor.cygnus.com >you 
write:
  > 
  > 
  > Here is the patch which generates .align 0 for elements of a struct 
  > having packed attribute.
  > 
  > The patch solves the following 'C' code for mips target.
  > 
  >  struct {
  >     char m1;
  >     short m2 __attribute__ ((packed));
  >   } x = {1, 2};
  > 
  > int main()
  > {
  > 
  >     printf("%d\n", x.m2);
  > 
  >     return 0;
  > }
  > 
  > 
  > Here is the patch
  > 
  > 	* c-typeck.c (output_init_element): Add .align 0 to fields of a
  > 	global struct having packed attribute.
c-* really doesn't seem like the place to to be emitting assembler directives 
--
varasm.c and final.c are the traditional places to do that.

Is there any way to output the .align 0 in varasm.c when we start emitting
the declaration/definition of the structure?

jeff