Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 09:40:35 -0800 (PST) From: Nate Lawson <njl@FreeBSD.org> To: marcel@xcllnt.net, njl@FreeBSD.org Cc: current@FreeBSD.org, hackers@FreeBSD.org, mike@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 64 bit endian routines Message-ID: <200302281740.h1SHeZv8069977@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20030228051713.GA1062@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net>
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Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 21:17:13 -0800 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> To: Nate Lawson <njl@FreeBSD.org> Cc: mike@FreeBSD.org, current@FreeBSD.org, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 64 bit endian routines References: <20030228041849.GB813@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> <200302280445.h1S4jifs099792@freefall.freebsd.org> On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 08:45:44PM -0800, Nate Lawson wrote: > Both scsi and geom implement unaligned access functions that perform byte > ordering. I never intended to supplant them with __bswap*(). What I want > is for machine/endian.h to have functions that provide 16-64 bit endian > conversions in both aligned and unaligned access forms. After these functions > are there, I'd like us to unify use of them and remove driver-private > versions. > > Is this more clear now? Crystal :-) -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net Heh, I hope I didn't sound too forceful. It was just a straightforward question, not a diatribe. :) -Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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