From: Paul Mackerras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 09:29:25 +1000
> The problem with that is that it seems horrible to me to interpret the > contents of a buffer being given to write() differently depending on > whether it's a 32-bit or a 64-bit task that is writing it. The data > format *should* be designed so that it is wordsize-independent (and > preferably endian-independent too), or else it should at least be > self-describing. Unfortunately, on ia64 and x86_64 executing x86 binaries, netlink has the same exact problems, particular for IPSEC. So it's not just the input layer with this problem.
