I'm using C51 v3.20, and when I compiled the following structure, the compiler allocates 6 bytes for it.
typedef struct t_channel_info { int target_temp:9; unsigned char control_mode:2; unsigned char status:2; unsigned char warming:1; int current_temp:9; unsigned char warm_proportion; } t_channel_info;
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