+
+                       /** Marks a variable or struct element for packing into the smallest space available, omitting any
+                        *  alignment bytes usually added between fields to optimize field accesses.
+                        */
+                       #define ATTR_PACKED                     __attribute__ ((packed))
+
+                       /** Indicates the minimum alignment in bytes for a variable or struct element.
+                        *
+                        *  \param[in] Bytes  Minimum number of bytes the item should be aligned to.
+                        */
+                       #define ATTR_ALIGNED(Bytes)            __attribute__ ((aligned(Bytes)))