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Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 17:51:24 -0800 (PST)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>
cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@...asas.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] byteorder: add load/store_{endian} API
On Mon, 2 Mar 2009, Harvey Harrison wrote:
>
> OK, static inline it is then. Would you be opposed to an API like:
>
> get_le16
> put_le16
>
> to match with
>
> get_unaligned_le16
> put_unaligned_le16
>
> And make the existing unaligned helpers typesafe?
That sounds much better to me. That said, I'm also wondering what the
upside is of this all?
Linus
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