From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3E4DDBE8 for ; Wed, 25 Oct 2017 10:07:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from esa5.hgst.iphmx.com (esa5.hgst.iphmx.com [216.71.153.144]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B09374DD for ; Wed, 25 Oct 2017 10:07:02 +0000 (UTC) From: Bart Van Assche To: "greg@kroah.com" Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 10:06:59 +0000 Message-ID: <1508926018.4165.12.camel@wdc.com> References: <1508924843.4165.6.camel@wdc.com> <20171025095403.GA19080@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <20171025095403.GA19080@kroah.com> Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-ID: Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: "leonro@mellanox.com" , "ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org" Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [TECH TOPIC] How to encourage driver authors to annotate integer endianness properly List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , T24gV2VkLCAyMDE3LTEwLTI1IGF0IDExOjU0ICswMjAwLCBHcmVnIEtIIHdyb3RlOg0KPiBPbiBX ZWQsIE9jdCAyNSwgMjAxNyBhdCAwOTo0NzoyNUFNICswMDAwLCBCYXJ0IFZhbiBBc3NjaGUgd3Jv dGU6DQo+ID4gSGVsbG8gVGVkLA0KPiA+IA0KPiA+IEFzIHlvdSBtb3N0IGxpa2VseSBrbm93IGVu ZGlhbm5lc3MgYW5ub3RhdGlvbnMgbGlrZSBfX2JlMzIgY2FuIGJlIHZlcmlmaWVkDQo+ID4gYnkg dGhlIHN0YXRpYyBzb3VyY2UgY29kZSBhbmFseXplciBjYWxsZWQgc3BhcnNlLiBUaGVzZSBhbm5v dGF0aW9ucyBhcmUgYQ0KPiA+IGJpZyBoZWxwIHRvIHZlcmlmeSB3aGV0aGVyIGVuZGlhbm5lc3Mg Y29udmVyc2lvbnMgaW4gZHJpdmVycyBhcmUgY29ycmVjdA0KPiA+IChlLmcuIGJlMzJfdG9fY3B1 KCkpLiBIb3dldmVyLCBtYW55IGRyaXZlciBhdXRob3JzIGVpdGhlciBhcmUgbm90IGZhbWlsaWFy DQo+ID4gd2l0aCBzcGFyc2Ugb3IgZG8gbm90IHVzZSBpdCB0byB2ZXJpZnkgdGhlaXIgd29yay4g SSB0aGluayB3ZSBuZWVkIGEgd2F5DQo+ID4gdG8gZW5jb3VyYWdlIGRyaXZlciBhdXRob3JzIHRv IHBheSBhdHRlbnRpb24gdG8gZW5kaWFubmVzcyBhbm5vdGF0aW9ucywNCj4gPiBlLmcuIGJ5IGxl dHRpbmcgdGhlIHplcm8tZGF5IGtlcm5lbCB0ZXN0IGluZnJhc3RydWN0dXJlIHZlcmlmeSBlbmRp YW5uZXNzDQo+ID4gYW5ub3RhdGlvbnMuIFBsZWFzZSBjb25zaWRlciB0byBhZGQgdGhpcyB0b3Bp YyB0byB0aGUga2VybmVsIHN1bW1pdCBhZ2VuZGEuIA0KPiANCj4gRHJpdmVyIHN1YnN5c3RlbSBt YWludGFpbmVycyBzaG91bGQga25vdyB0aGlzLCBhbmQgc3BhcnNlIHJlcG9ydHMgc2hvdWxkDQo+ IGJlIHNpbXBsZSB0byBydW4gYW5kIG5vdGljZSB0aGVzZSBpc3N1ZXMuICBJZiB5b3Uga25vdyBv ZiBhIHN1YnN5c3RlbQ0KPiB0aGF0IGlzIG5vdCBwYXlpbmcgYXR0ZW50aW9uIHRvIHRoaXMsIHBs ZWFzZSBsZXQgdGhvc2UgbWFpbnRhaW5lcnMga25vdw0KPiBhbmQgc2VuZCBwYXRjaGVzIHRvIHJl c29sdmUgdGhlIGlzc3VlcyA6KQ0KDQpIaSBHcmVnLA0KDQpBIHNpZ25pZmljYW50IGNoYWxsZW5n ZSBpcyB0aGF0IGZvciBzZXZlcmFsIGRyaXZlcnMgKGUuZy4gZHJpdmVycy9zY3NpL3FsYTJ4eHgN CmFuZCBkcml2ZXJzL2luZmluaWJhbmQvaHcvbmVzKSBmaXhpbmcgdGhlIGVuZGlhbm5lc3MgYW5u b3RhdGlvbnMgaXMgc28gaGFyZA0KdGhhdCBvbmx5IHRoZSBkcml2ZXIgYXV0aG9ycyBjYW4gbWFr ZSB0aGVzZSBkcml2ZXJzIGVuZGlhbm5lc3MgY2xlYW4uIFRocmVlDQpjaGFsbGVuZ2VzIHRoYXQg aGF2ZSBiZWVuIGVuY291bnRlcmVkIHdoaWxlIHRyeWluZyB0byBtYWtlIGRyaXZlcnMgZW5kaWFu bmVzcw0KY2xlYW4gYXJlOg0KLSBTb21lIGRyaXZlciBhdXRob3JzIHVzZSBhIHNpbmdsZSB2YXJp YWJsZSB0byBzdG9yZSBib3RoIGNwdS1lbmRpYW4gYW5kIGJpZw0KICBlbmRpYW4gZGF0YS4NCi0g RW5kaWFubmVzcyBidWdzIC0gdXNpbmcgYSBiaWcgZW5kaWFuIGludGVnZXIgd2hlcmUgYSBjcHUg ZW5kaWFuIG51bWJlcg0KICBzaG91bGQgaGF2ZSBiZWVuIHVzZWQgb3IgdmljZSB2ZXJzYS4NCi0g VGhlIGRlZmluaXRpdmUgcmVzb3VyY2UgZm9yIHRoZSBlbmRpYW5uZXNzIGZvcm1hdCBpcyB0aGUg ZmlybXdhcmUNCiAgZG9jdW1lbnRhdGlvbi4gRm9yIG1hbnkga2VybmVsIGRyaXZlcnMgdGhlIGZp cm13YXJlIGRvY3VtZW50YXRpb24gaXMgZWl0aGVyDQogIG5vdCBhdmFpbGFibGUgb3Igb25seSBh dmFpbGFibGUgdW5kZXIgTkRBLg0KDQpCYXJ0Lg==