[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       freebsd-hackers
Subject:    Re: 64 bit endian routines
From:       Marcel Moolenaar <marcel () xcllnt ! net>
Date:       2003-02-28 19:24:34
[Download RAW message or body]

On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 09:40:35AM -0800, Nate Lawson wrote:
> 
> 	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 :-)
> 
> Heh, I hope I didn't sound too forceful.  It was just a straightforward
> question, not a diatribe.  :)

No worries. It's too late to realize that there might be a disconnect
if you are using blunt objects to get your point across.

-- 
 Marcel Moolenaar	  USPA: A-39004		 marcel@xcllnt.net

To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]