Re: [PATCHv4 6/6] byteorder: add copy_{endian} helpers

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On Mon, 2 Jun 2008, Harvey Harrison wrote:
> Add helpers for the idiom:
> *(__le16 *)ptr = cpu_to_le16(val);
> 
> Can now be written as:
> copy_le16(ptr, val);

Copy a little endian 16-bit value?

It doesn't just copy. It does a byteswap during the copy.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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