Subject: Re: Re: CVS commit: src/sys/arch/sgimips
To: None <port-mips@netbsd.org>
From: Toru Nishimura <locore32@gaea.ocn.ne.jp>
List: port-mips
Date: 10/11/2003 20:47:43
Izumi Tsutsui said;

>> It can be written in endian-neutral way by declaring a 32bit quantity of
>> unsigned long and do explicit bitmasking and shifting.  The solution
>> is cheap and elegant, removing endian puzzles forever.
>
> Yes, I agree with you, but it requires many other structural changes
> (that might be trivial though) so I'll punt it to the author of wm(4).

Educate him, please.  It would contribute human civilization.  I'm curious
about how much FOOtoBAR bozos could be reduced from NetBSD
device driver tree.

Toru Nishimura/ALKYL Technology