> > Am I correct in saying that cpu_to_le32 and le32_to_cpu are the
> > functions/macros I need to use to do byte swapping to make everything
> > go little endian (and back again when I read them back in the kernel)?
> >
> > Or is there some cleverer way already implemented in the kernel?
> >
>
> I would say that the __raw_readl() reads in cpu order. If you wanted to
> convert that to le32, you'd use cpu_to_le32().
Beware that __raw_* forms also don't have memory barriers.
In general, you know what byte order your device uses (which is often
little endian) and you use the appropriate ioread32{be}. Now, for
userspace, you simply need to mimmic those accessors.
Ben.
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