From: j.neuschaefer@gmx.net (Jonathan Neuschäfer)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: Purpose of using __be16 inside a data structure?
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:25:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111025142511.GA1833@debian.debian> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGVXcSaTRRjUeMexFj4tRAUiDOBsTUOipxPtoT8MJuBKS0vTjA@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 12:54:41PM -0700, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 12:25 AM, ??? <gcchen.org@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Please tell me the difference between using unsigned short and __be16 to
> > declear a variable in a data structure.
[...]
> accomplishes this goal. From the name, I expect this to be a 16-bit type.
> It may have other attributes, such as a specific endianness (unusual except
Yes, it's for 16-bit big-endian data.
--
Jonathan Neusch?fer
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-10-25 14:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-08-09 7:25 Purpose of using __be16 inside a data structure? 陳國成
2011-08-24 5:16 ` Adam Lee
2011-08-25 5:41 ` 陳國成
2011-10-24 19:54 ` Kevin O'Gorman
2011-10-25 14:25 ` Jonathan Neuschäfer [this message]
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2011-08-14 0:41 陳國成
2011-08-14 6:21 ` Michael Blizek
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