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On Mon, 2017-04-17 at 12:46 -0400, Jamal Hadi Salim wrote:

> Of course it is trivial to add this as attributes and 32 bits
> for this case is not a big deal because it is done once. I want to talk
> about the pads instead ;-> What do you suggest we do with pads?

We do nothing with pads. Just leave them.

Or, you need something to make sure to not break old user applications.

Something like a version.