Re: /usr/local/bin/ssphys: unrecognized file during LOADVSSNAMES

try looking at the ntoh and hton macros in the linux kernel. these convert between
big endian and little endian
--
Ferry Huberts

> Marcel Juffermans schrieb:
>> Yes, it's a Mac. Is there a standard way to convert little endian to
>> big endian that you know of? Looking at SSTypes.h there aren't that
>> many places where a conversion would need to happen. I'm happy to
>> submit patches, if I have a code snippet that can do the conversion.
>>
> I expect, that these are a few places where you have to change the
> encoding. I simply copy the bytes from the file into a buffer and later
> "cast" this to the specific record. You can not simply reverse the order
> of the buffer. You have to do it for each POD and each non trivial type.
> You can check the SSTypes.h file. In this files all used PODs are
> defined. Starting from there you can search for the specific variables,
> that need to be converted.
>
> I searched at koders.com for an easy way to convert the encoding. In the
> Crypto++ project they used functions like ByteReverse for each type. You
> could conditionally define these functions to be empty on non MSB platforms.
>
> Have a look here:
> http://www.koders.com/?s=ByteReverse&scope=MRQTFFSB89LYUL924H2V49DP2C&la=Cpp
>
> I don't have much time this week, otherwise I would help out. So this is
> only a little information
>
> Dirk