Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 05:19:29 -0700 From: Randall Stewart <rrs@lakerest.net> To: Bob Johnson <fbsdlists@gmail.com> Cc: net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Observations from an old timer playing with 64 bit numbers... Message-ID: <465EA76D-C86C-47B2-8F6E-B60CFDBB087A@lakerest.net> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTilU6EoCroqk3LevRgNS_Ghlc9I10foMj5rG48El@mail.gmail.com> References: <E3C4102C-3106-4D5B-86E5-8D5BDD7FD442@lakerest.net> <20100622221228.GA93249@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> <20100623232402.X45536@delplex.bde.org> <9C936FEB-4858-4D8D-89CC-182EA3A80365@lakerest.net> <20100623171222.GA7981@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> <4C226354.80601@elischer.org> <EDF1B516-63DC-4595-9690-2B7AB6CA811E@lakerest.net> <AANLkTilU6EoCroqk3LevRgNS_Ghlc9I10foMj5rG48El@mail.gmail.com>
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Bob: Thats strange... when I do man byteorder (on my FreeBSD 8.0 system upgraded to head .. buildworld/installworld/ et.al) I get the same man age showing for both man ntohl and man byteorder This may just be a problem with my system.. I will check the other 8.0 installed systems at work when I get in this AM. I think what's needed here is some hint inside the man ntohl that for 64 bit quantities should use be64toh/htobe64 and a reference to that man page.. R On Jun 23, 2010, at 8:36 PM, Bob Johnson wrote: > On 6/23/10, Randall Stewart <rrs@lakerest.net> wrote: > >> Then I would strongly suggest you go fix the manual page for ntohl/ >> ntohs and >> point people to the be64toh() functions... then people would NOT be >> ignorant. >> >> The problem is there is NO clue in the system... > > Already done, at least in 7.2. But it refers you to them under the > alias byteorder(9). > > - Bob > > -- > -- Bob Johnson > fbsdlists@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > ------------------------------ Randall Stewart 803-317-4952 (cell)
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