Re: [patch 5/6] IP support for PPP

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