Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2007 08:47:18 -0700 (MST)
Message-Id: <20070303.084718.1723235906.imp@bsdimp.com>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] pcnet32 driver change, please test
From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
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In message: <jefy8ms7tv.fsf@sykes.suse.de>
            Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de> writes:
: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> writes:
: 
: > Except that compilers use the convention that was described above.
: > Big endian MIPS definitely uses a different bit ordering for C bit
: > fields than little endian MIPS.
: 
: There is actually a difference between *bitfield* ordering and *bit*
: ordering.  The former always follows the byte ordering, whereas the latter
: is only a property of the ISA and has no influence on the ABI or API.

True, but that's not what the original poster in this thread was
asking.  Answering the different question is just confusing to the
original poster.

Warner