[ntp:questions] new driver development

Uwe Klein uwe_klein_habertwedt at t-online.de
Mon Mar 28 07:21:32 UTC 2011


Bruce Lilly wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Mar 2011 03:16:38 +0000, Dave Hart wrote:
> 
> 
>>On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 01:44 UTC, Bruce Lilly <bruce.lilly at gmail.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>4. Assuming specific sizes for an integer is a really bad idea... "(64
>>>bits making up the) clockTimeStamp* and receiveTimeStamp* fields"
>>
>>Actually nailing down the sizes of objects is a really good idea when
>>sharing binary structures across separately-compiled programs.  We
>>cannot presume the same compiler and options build ntpd and anything
>>that attempts to share memory with it.  We need not (and should not)
>>worry about endianness for a shared memory contract, though.
>>
>>Thanks for playing,
> 
> 
> Endianness (and more generally byte order) are of concern for precisely 
> the same reasons.  Perhaps you are unfamiliar with:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endianness#Bi-endian_hardware

Hmm, For that use case I would stay with net byte order anyway.

uwe




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