'Twas brillig, and pl bossart at 08/11/10 00:37 did gyre and gimble: >>> >> + if (preambles == 0x72F81F4E) { /* little endian assumed * >> > Where is this magic number specified? What document should I read in >> > order to understand and verify this code? > IEC958 standard. Can you put it in a define? I know it's likey pointless if it's only used once but all it takes is a careless copy and things break... that happened recently in alsa driver with TLV patches and made the volume very strange for some people :p Col -- Colin Guthrie gmane(at)colin.guthr.ie http://colin.guthr.ie/ Day Job: Tribalogic Limited [http://www.tribalogic.net/] Open Source: Mageia Contributor [http://www.mageia.org/] PulseAudio Hacker [http://www.pulseaudio.org/] Trac Hacker [http://trac.edgewall.org/]