Struct and Enum Question

[Kieran]

Hi guys, I am creating structures to hold the Floppy Disk Controller information from the HW Ports.

I am wondering; s it possible to crete an enumeration of values (2Bits) within a structure.

Example:

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typedef struct {
        unsigned selected_unit:2;
        unsigned selected head:1;
        unsigned rw_not_ready:1;
        unsigned equipment_check:1;
        unsigned seek_complete:1;
        enum {
             command_successfull=0;
             terminated_abnormally=1;
             invalid_command=2;
             terminated_ready_change=3;
        } last_command_status:2;
} PACKED Command_Status_Register; // 0x3f5 (Read Only)

[JamesM]

Well if nothing else you could just do:

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enum __unnamed {
command_successful=0,
terminated_abnormally=1,
invalid_command=2,
terminated_ready_change=3
};
typedef struct { 
        unsigned selected_unit:2; 
        unsigned selected head:1; 
        unsigned rw_not_ready:1; 
        unsigned equipment_check:1; 
        unsigned seek_complete:1; 
        __unnamed last_command_status:2; 
} PACKED Command_Status_Register; // 0x3f5 (Read Only)

But, to be honest, with the exception of having semicolons where there should be commas in the enum definition I don't see why your code wouldn't compile.

[os64dev]

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typedef struct {
        unsigned selected_unit:2;
        unsigned selected_head:1;
        unsigned rw_not_ready:1;
        unsigned equipment_check:1;
        unsigned seek_complete:1;
        enum {
             command_successfull=0,
             terminated_abnormally=1,
             invalid_command=2,
             terminated_ready_change=3,
        } last_command_status:2;
} __attribute__((packed)) Command_Status_Register; // 0x3f5 (Read Only) 

compiled fine under gcc