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Subject: Re: [BK PATCH] USB fixes for 2.6.10-rc3
From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
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> Hm, I'll look into doing that after 2.6.10, as it does make more sense
> in the long run.

I agree. I remember playing with a USB driver in linux a while ago and
spending some time trying to figure out what was going on with byte
order :) I'd rather keep the raw HW (that is: well defined) byte order
in those fields, and let sparse catch drivers who don't properly convert
before use.

Ben.