From f9a56afa151b5481511f2f1f1983613d3e9034aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Jake.Stine" <Jake.Stine@96395faa-99c1-11dd-bbfe-3dabce05a288>
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 20:01:30 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Re-fix for some GCC packed structure bug.  Hopefully this
 version works.  It should according to the bug being tracked.

git-svn-id: http://pcsx2.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@3421 96395faa-99c1-11dd-bbfe-3dabce05a288
---
 pcsx2/VUmicroMem.cpp | 22 ++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pcsx2/VUmicroMem.cpp b/pcsx2/VUmicroMem.cpp
index 923810be13..b61a024b33 100644
--- a/pcsx2/VUmicroMem.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/VUmicroMem.cpp
@@ -111,13 +111,14 @@ void SaveStateBase::vuMicroFreeze()
 	pxAssume( VU1.Mem != NULL );
 
 	Freeze(VU0.ACC);
-#ifdef __LINUX__
-	// GCC is unable to bind packed fields.
-	u32 temp_vu0_code = VU0.code;
+
+	// Seemingly silly and pointless use of temp var:  GCC is unable to bind packed fields
+	// (appears to be a bug, tracked here: http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=36566 ).
+	// Dereferencing outside the context of the function (via a temp var) seems to circumvent it. --air
+	
+	u32& temp_vu0_code = VU0.code;
 	Freeze(temp_vu0_code);
-#else
-	Freeze(VU0.code);
-#endif
+
 	FreezeMem(VU0.Mem,   4*1024);
 	FreezeMem(VU0.Micro, 4*1024);
 
@@ -125,13 +126,10 @@ void SaveStateBase::vuMicroFreeze()
 	Freeze(VU0.VI);
 
 	Freeze(VU1.ACC);
-#ifdef __LINUX__
-	// GCC is unable to bind packed fields.
-	u32 temp_vu1_code = VU1.code;
+
+	u32& temp_vu1_code = VU1.code;
 	Freeze(temp_vu1_code);
-#else
-	Freeze(VU1.code);
-#endif
+
 	FreezeMem(VU1.Mem,   16*1024);
 	FreezeMem(VU1.Micro, 16*1024);