Re: [ANNOUNCE] MPT Fusion driver 3.01.09 update

[viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk]

On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 01:09:43PM -0400, Moore, Eric Dean wrote:
> Somebody had submitted this change in the last week,
> along with the comment in that patch:
> 
> "The only way crap below could work..."

Yes?  Care to take a look at your definition of S64?  Now think for a moment
what it will produce on a big-endian box.

> I had not seen the patch on this mailing list. 
> I would like revert back to its previous bits since I don't see
> what was broken with it.  These headers in the lsi folder are 
> the mpi interface to the mpt firmware, and are bundled with 
> all operating systems, etc. window, netware, solaris, unixware, etc.

> > > +#if defined(unix) || defined(__arm) || defined(ALPHA)
> > > +
> > > +    typedef signed   int   S32;
> > > +    typedef unsigned int   U32;
> > > +
> > > +#else
> > > +
> > > +    typedef signed   long  S32;
> > > +    typedef unsigned long  U32;
> > > +
> > > +#endif

... and that is ugly beyond words.