Hi Kristen,
> > +static guint32 bytes_to_32(guint8 *bytes)
> > +{
> > + union addr {
> > + guint8 bytes[4];
> > + guint32 word;
> > + } a;
> > +
> > + memcpy(a.bytes, bytes, 4);
> > + return(ntohl(a.word));
> > +}
>
> This works, but is pretty ugly.
>
> Doesn't GLib has functions to ensure retrieve unaligned data? BlueZ has
> the GCC magic that is required to do this right.
>
I have looked everywhere for something nice from glib, but I'm not
seeing it. As far as I can tell, most people just do the bit shifting
manually -- but that's what I had originally and you didn't like it.
So I'm only seeing 2 options here, this way or the original way. If
you know of the glib function to use, please let me know what it is.
I don't see how bit shifting is gonna help you against the unaligned
access of your buffer.
Regards
Marcel