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<TITLE>RE: [openib-general] Re: why does the value of the node_guid don't have the machine en dian ess?</TITLE>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I expect to get this values with the endianess of the host that i'm working on, and if i will print the node_guid as a number it will be the same as the sys_fs value.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>I don't see any reason for the driver to return this value in the endianess of the network, i think that it is better that the driver will return the value of this attribute in the host order, instead of every application that query for this attribute will change the order of it.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>> -----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> From: Roland Dreier [<A HREF="mailto:rolandd@cisco.com">mailto:rolandd@cisco.com</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 9:07 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> To: Sean Hefty</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Cc: Dotan Barak; openib-general@openib.org</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Subject: Re: [openib-general] Re: why does the value of the node_guid</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> don't have the machine en dian ess?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Sean> To clarify, node_guid in ib_device_attr is in network order,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Sean> correct? Do you know offhand which other fields of that</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Sean> structure are also in network order? Is it just the two</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Sean> guid fields?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> I'm not positive but I believe that as you say, node_guid and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> sys_image_guid are the only two fields returned in network order.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> - R.</FONT>
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