On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 04:55:01PM -0800, John Gilmore wrote:
> It should be pretty simple for the USRP's FPGA to swap the bytes of
> 16-bit samples it delivers in USB packets, if instructed in a control
> register by the host. This would avoid any speed penalty for
> big-endian hosts.
>
> (It's also pretty simple to determine that a simple byte-swap would be
> a complete cure for the problem, by temporarily doing the swap in software.)
>
> John
We marshall all control packet data, so the right thing happens with
those already. FWIW, the USB is spec'd as little-endian.
On the bulk streaming data, we haven't had a working big-endian test
case until now. There is a usrp_bytesex.h include file which includes
fast implemenations of host_to_usrp_short and usrp_to_host_short.
The fix probably ought to go in usrp1_sink_{c,s}::copy_to_usrp_buffer
and in usrp1_source_{c,s}::copy_from_usrp_buffer.
The AC_C_BIGENDDIAN test will need to be added to configure.ac to
define the stuff that the usrp_bytesex.h include needs to work
properly.
Jon, can you take a shot at this?
Eric
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