Method 1 __packed is always as good or better than memcpy().
But it's not portable, as it depends on compiler extension.
For gcc, __pakced directive works fine.
Furthermore, gcc has serious performance issues with memcpy() on ARM 32 bits.
See #620
#ifndef MEM_FORCE_MEMORY_ACCESS /* can be defined externally, on command line for example */
# if defined(__GNUC__) && ( defined(__ARM_ARCH_6__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_6J__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_6K__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_6Z__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_6ZK__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_6T2__) )
# define MEM_FORCE_MEMORY_ACCESS 2
-# elif defined(__INTEL_COMPILER) /*|| defined(_MSC_VER)*/ || \
- (defined(__GNUC__) && ( defined(__ARM_ARCH_7__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_7A__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_7R__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_7M__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_7S__) ))
+# elif defined(__INTEL_COMPILER) || defined(__GNUC__)
# define MEM_FORCE_MEMORY_ACCESS 1
# endif
#endif