Where the little and big endian conversion functions in kernel are used. these are defined in following files http://lxr.linux.no/source/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h http://lxr.linux.no/source/include/linux/byteorder/big_endian.h Can someone point me the use of these funtions in kernel, and why we use them, does not the compiler handle the machine specific endian issues ?? For example, if we write a small program as follows, will it make any difference if we compile and run it on little or big endian or will not the compiler create the code accordingly and taking care of this endian issue. Prog: ====== #include<stdio.h> struct abc{ int x; short a, b; char c, d, e, f; }; void main() { struct abc xyz struct abc* y = &xyz; y->x = 10; y->a = 20; y->b = 30; y->c = 1; y->d = 2; y->e = 3; y->f = 4; printf("%d %d %d %d\n", y->c, y->d, y->e, y->f); } Gaurav Email: gauravd.chd@xxxxxxxxx -------------------------------------------- Read my articles at: http://lkdp.blogspot.com -------------------------------------------- Easy to get air tickets at affordable price, US to India Air Tickets: www.Ritz-Travel.com Call at 001-503-848-2299 or mail at info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -------------------------------------------- -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
