Re: [PATCH 3/6] bfa: remove os wrapper functions and macros

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On 10/20/10 3:16 PM, Mike Christie wrote:
> On 10/20/2010 10:25 AM, Rob Evers wrote:
>> Is scsi_for_each_sg() use pretty standard for mass storage drivers these
>> days?
> 
> Yes, the driver should be using it.
> 
>>
>> Is the byte swapping required if the more traditional sg implementation
>> is used?
>>
>>>
>>> #ifndef __BIGENDIAN
>>> -#define bfa_os_hton3b(_x) bfa_swap_3b(_x)
>>> +#define bfa_os_hton3b(_x) bfa_swap_3b(_x)
>>
>> Should bfa_os_hton3b and related functionality be relocated
>> appropriately and implemented in common form to the other common byte
>> swapping code?
>>
> 
> Yes. I think intel was working on that for fcoe. Someone should dig up the patches and finish pushing.

It's in <scsi/fc_frame.h> as hton24() / ntoh24().  It's written in
an endian-independent way.   I don't know of patches to move them to
a better place.

	Joe
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