Re: [RFC v2 03/10] IB/hfi-vnic: Virtual Network Interface Controller (VNIC) netdev

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On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 05:21:05PM +0000, Hefty, Sean wrote:
> > This goes on the network too? Also looks like it has endian problems.
> 
> I don't think OPA supports BE systems, and I think it uses LE on the
> wire for at least some portions of its protocol.

This is a linux driver for a PCI device.

It needs to support big endian systems, that is how we do things in
Linux.

If it uses LE on the wire then mark with __le and make it sparse clean.

Do not use bitfields without providing a BE version of the bitfield.

Jason
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