Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:03:14 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/6]: powerpc/cell spidernet low watermark patch. | From | David Miller <> |
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From: linas@austin.ibm.com (Linas Vepstas) Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:36:42 -0500
> I could create a searate patch to change struct descr {} to split > the u32 into several u8's; there's a dozen spots that get touched. > > Alternatel, I could do a cheesy cast to char[4] and access that way. > Opinions?
The most portable scheme would be a "u32/u8[4]" union with appropriate endianness checks when determining which byte to access in the u8[] view. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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