On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Karel Zak wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 08:49:50AM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 8:41 AM, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
>> > +static
>> > +int get_byteorder(void)
>> > +{
>> > + int x = 1;
>> > + if (*(char *)&x == LENDIAN)
>> > + return LENDIAN;
>> > + else return BENDIAN;
>> > +}
>>
>> this looks like aliasing violations. since util-linux is autotooled,
>> use AC_C_BIGENDIAN and then WORDS_BIGENDIAN (assuming util-linux
>> doesnt already provide something).
>
> $ grep ENDIAN ./configure.ac
> AC_C_BIGENDIAN
>
> or include bitops.h and use #if (__BYTE_ORDER == __BIG_ENDIAN) or so.
a glance at bitops.h looks like it should be respecting
WORDS_BIGENDIAN instead of its own system checks ...
-mike
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