* bit field endian vs endian
@ 2001-08-30 12:07 Do-Han Kim
2001-08-30 12:27 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-08-30 13:08 ` Giuliano Pochini
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From: Do-Han Kim @ 2001-08-30 12:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Hello,
In the linux kernel source tcp.h
bit field endian is appeared.
if the machine is the big endian machine, highest bit is alligned in the
lowest location in byte?
Thank you.
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* Re: bit field endian vs endian
2001-08-30 12:07 bit field endian vs endian Do-Han Kim
@ 2001-08-30 12:27 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-08-30 13:08 ` Giuliano Pochini
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From: Richard B. Johnson @ 2001-08-30 12:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Do-Han Kim; +Cc: linux-kernel
On Thu, 30 Aug 2001, Do-Han Kim wrote:
> Hello,
> In the linux kernel source tcp.h
> bit field endian is appeared.
> if the machine is the big endian machine, highest bit is alligned in the
> lowest location in byte?
>
> Thank you.
Big endian:
Given: unsigned long = 0xdeadface;
Low memory <--- ---> High memory
It looks in memory, just like you typed it with your editor.
BUT... The high vs. low bits of the individual bytes are not
changed. In other words, 0xde, the high byte, still has 'd'
as the high nibble and 'e' as the low nibble. Therefore the
MSB of a longword, in big endian format, is truly at the lowest
memory location occupied by that longword.
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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* RE: bit field endian vs endian
2001-08-30 12:07 bit field endian vs endian Do-Han Kim
2001-08-30 12:27 ` Richard B. Johnson
@ 2001-08-30 13:08 ` Giuliano Pochini
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From: Giuliano Pochini @ 2001-08-30 13:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Do-Han Kim; +Cc: linux-kernel
On 30-Aug-2001 Do-Han Kim wrote:
> Hello,
> In the linux kernel source tcp.h
> bit field endian is appeared.
> if the machine is the big endian machine, highest bit is alligned in the
> lowest location in byte?
Bits arrangement in bitfields is defined in the ABI.
Bye.
Giuliano Pochini ->)|(<- Shiny Network {AS6665} ->)|(<-
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