Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 11:24:34 -0800 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> To: Nate Lawson <njl@FreeBSD.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org, hackers@FreeBSD.org, mike@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 64 bit endian routines Message-ID: <20030228192434.GA545@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> In-Reply-To: <200302281740.h1SHeZv8069977@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <20030228051713.GA1062@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> <200302281740.h1SHeZv8069977@freefall.freebsd.org>
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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-current" in the body of the message
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