On Oct 30, 2007, at 10:49 PM, Kevin Klues wrote:
Sorry, you're right, atmeaga128 is little endian as well. The reason the network types (or more appropriate -- platform independent types) are needed is because the msp430 expects all tw-byte variables to be word aligned (can only start at even addresses), while the atmega allows them to be byte aligned (i.e can start at any address). Making them network types allows all bytes to be packed consistently on either platform.
That's one benefit. The other major benefit is that most standardized protocols are big-endian, so they let you avoid the hton and ntoh silliness.
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