netdev - Re: Subject: [PATCH 3/6] bna: Brocade 10Gb Ethernet device driver

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Message-ID: <20091112210524.3402c68e@nehalam>
Date:	Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:05:24 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	Rasesh Mody <rmody@...cade.com>
Cc:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <adapter_linux_open_src_team@...cade.com>
Subject: Re: Subject: [PATCH 3/6] bna: Brocade 10Gb Ethernet device driver

On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:46:52 -0800
Rasesh Mody <rmody@...cade.com> wrote:

> +
> +#ifndef __BIGENDIAN
> +#define bna_dma_addr64(_x) swab64((_x))
> +#else
> +#define bna_dma_addr64(_x) (_x)
> +#endif
> +

This should be cpu_to_le64 and any data with byte order
dependency should be declared leXX etc. Then sparse tool can
check for misuse of endian.


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