Re: PATCH: usb: descriptor structures have to be packed
Oliver Neukum <[email protected]>
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> Unfortunately I can't have the correct type for this field in C (it > should be "2-bytes-little-endian-unsigned-integer-unaligned"), so I > can't get type-safety here anyway. Declaring this field __le16 is IMHO a > poor attempt as it creates an illusion of type safety when in fact there > is no type safety guaranteed. Then what tells you that char[8] is eight consecutive bytes in memory? You'd use u8[]. If you do that, le16 is just as valid, especially if declared unaligned. Regards Oliver ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ [email protected] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel