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As far as LBA byte ordering goes, this from the CDROM driver:
entry->cdte_addr.lba = ((uchar_t)buffer[8] << 24) + ((uchar_t)buffer[9] << 16) + ((uchar_t)buffer[10] << 8) + ((uchar_t)buffer[11]);
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Re:You called? (Score:1)
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That means I don't have to worry about byteorder. I just use the machine's native format which is good.
I became suspicious when I learnt that the BSDs deliberately use network byteorder so on x86 I need to swap the bytes when reading the address or passing it as an ioctl parameter. It's a pleasant surprise that this time Solaris does not require any special treatment.
Re:You called? (Score:2)
Almost forget to mention: I'm happy this has been put on the (undoubtedly voluminous) to-do list. Naturally, this wont immediately solve all my problems. It's the same with Solaris as it is with Perl: after a bug has been fixed in a new release, you have to wait a few years until you can start relying on the fixed behaviour. Propagation happens slowly (consider how many perl5.005_03s or even older are still used in production).