Initial filesystem design synopsis.
Matthew Dillon
dillon at apollo.backplane.com
Mon Feb 26 08:38:31 PST 2007
:Definitely a must. Swapping integers is no big deal for current processo=
:rs. And there are not so many either.
:
:Talking of which, we should flip back those len (and i think protocol?) f=
:ields in the IP headers to be in network byte order, so that this confusi=
:on "where am i in the code path and are we already host byte order or sti=
:ll network order" stops.
:
:cheers
: simon
Jeff has said as much as well. If anyone wants to take on that
project, I'm all for it! I think there are two or three fields
that get flipped back and forth and boy is it annoying.
-Matt
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