From 3d08cd331c1adcf0d917392f7e527b3f00511748 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Fri, 24 May 2024 06:52:22 +0200 Subject: Merging upstream version 6.8. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- man3/endian.3 | 164 ---------------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 164 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 man3/endian.3 (limited to 'man3/endian.3') diff --git a/man3/endian.3 b/man3/endian.3 deleted file mode 100644 index 8de4974..0000000 --- a/man3/endian.3 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,164 +0,0 @@ -.\" Copyright (C) 2009, Linux Foundation, written by Michael Kerrisk -.\" -.\" a few pieces remain from an earlier version -.\" Copyright (C) 2008, Nanno Langstraat -.\" -.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft -.\" -.TH endian 3 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7" -.SH NAME -htobe16, htole16, be16toh, le16toh, htobe32, htole32, be32toh, le32toh, -htobe64, htole64, be64toh, le64toh \- -convert values between host and big-/little-endian byte order -.SH LIBRARY -Standard C library -.RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) -.SH SYNOPSIS -.nf -.B #include -.P -.BI "uint16_t htobe16(uint16_t " host_16bits ); -.BI "uint16_t htole16(uint16_t " host_16bits ); -.BI "uint16_t be16toh(uint16_t " big_endian_16bits ); -.BI "uint16_t le16toh(uint16_t " little_endian_16bits ); -.P -.BI "uint32_t htobe32(uint32_t " host_32bits ); -.BI "uint32_t htole32(uint32_t " host_32bits ); -.BI "uint32_t be32toh(uint32_t " big_endian_32bits ); -.BI "uint32_t le32toh(uint32_t " little_endian_32bits ); -.P -.BI "uint64_t htobe64(uint64_t " host_64bits ); -.BI "uint64_t htole64(uint64_t " host_64bits ); -.BI "uint64_t be64toh(uint64_t " big_endian_64bits ); -.BI "uint64_t le64toh(uint64_t " little_endian_64bits ); -.fi -.P -.RS -4 -Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see -.BR feature_test_macros (7)): -.RE -.ad l -.P -.BR htobe16 (), -.BR htole16 (), -.BR be16toh (), -.BR le16toh (), -.BR htobe32 (), -.BR htole32 (), -.BR be32toh (), -.BR le32toh (), -.BR htobe64 (), -.BR htole64 (), -.BR be64toh (), -.BR le64toh (): -.nf - Since glibc 2.19: - _DEFAULT_SOURCE - In glibc up to and including 2.19: - _BSD_SOURCE -.fi -.ad -.SH DESCRIPTION -These functions convert the byte encoding of integer values from -the byte order that the current CPU (the "host") uses, -to and from little-endian and big-endian byte order. -.P -The number, -.IR nn , -in the name of each function indicates the size of -integer handled by the function, either 16, 32, or 64 bits. -.P -The functions with names of the form "htobe\fInn\fP" convert -from host byte order to big-endian order. -.P -The functions with names of the form "htole\fInn\fP" convert -from host byte order to little-endian order. -.P -The functions with names of the form "be\fInn\fPtoh" convert -from big-endian order to host byte order. -.P -The functions with names of the form "le\fInn\fPtoh" convert -from little-endian order to host byte order. -.SH VERSIONS -Similar functions are present on the BSDs, -where the required header file is -.I -instead of -.IR . -Unfortunately, -NetBSD, FreeBSD, and glibc haven't followed the original -OpenBSD naming convention for these functions, -whereby the -.I nn -component always appears at the end of the function name -(thus, for example, in NetBSD, FreeBSD, and glibc, -the equivalent of OpenBSDs "betoh32" is "be32toh"). -.SH STANDARDS -None. -.SH HISTORY -glibc 2.9. -.P -These functions are similar to the older -.BR byteorder (3) -family of functions. -For example, -.BR be32toh () -is identical to -.BR ntohl (). -.P -The advantage of the -.BR byteorder (3) -functions is that they are standard functions available -on all UNIX systems. -On the other hand, the fact that they were designed -for use in the context of TCP/IP means that -they lack the 64-bit and little-endian variants described in this page. -.SH EXAMPLES -The program below display the results of converting an integer -from host byte order to both little-endian and big-endian byte order. -Since host byte order is either little-endian or big-endian, -only one of these conversions will have an effect. -When we run this program on a little-endian system such as x86-32, -we see the following: -.P -.in +4n -.EX -$ \fB./a.out\fP -x.u32 = 0x44332211 -htole32(x.u32) = 0x44332211 -htobe32(x.u32) = 0x11223344 -.EE -.in -.SS Program source -\& -.\" SRC BEGIN (endian.c) -.EX -#include -#include -#include -#include -\& -int -main(void) -{ - union { - uint32_t u32; - uint8_t arr[4]; - } x; -\& - x.arr[0] = 0x11; /* Lowest\-address byte */ - x.arr[1] = 0x22; - x.arr[2] = 0x33; - x.arr[3] = 0x44; /* Highest\-address byte */ -\& - printf("x.u32 = %#x\en", x.u32); - printf("htole32(x.u32) = %#x\en", htole32(x.u32)); - printf("htobe32(x.u32) = %#x\en", htobe32(x.u32)); -\& - exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); -} -.EE -.\" SRC END -.SH SEE ALSO -.BR bswap (3), -.BR byteorder (3) -- cgit v1.2.3