gmio/src/gmio_core/endian.h
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/*! \file endian.h
* Architecture endianness
*
* \addtogroup gmio_core
* @{
*/
#pragma once
#include "global.h"
/*! Common endianness (byte order) of computer memory */
enum gmio_endianness
{
/*! Other (unknown) byte-order */
GMIO_ENDIANNESS_UNKNOWN = 0,
/*! The least significant byte is stored at the lowest address. The other
* bytes follow in increasing order of significance */
GMIO_ENDIANNESS_LITTLE,
/*! The most significant byte is stored at the lowest address. The other
* bytes follow in decreasing order of significance */
GMIO_ENDIANNESS_BIG,
#ifdef GMIO_HOST_IS_BIG_ENDIAN
GMIO_ENDIANNESS_HOST = GMIO_ENDIANNESS_BIG
#else
/*! Endianness(byte order) used by the host computer for storing data in
* memory.
*
* Set at configure-time to either GMIO_ENDIANNESS_LITTLE or
* GMIO_ENDIANNESS_BIG */
GMIO_ENDIANNESS_HOST = GMIO_ENDIANNESS_LITTLE
#endif
};
GMIO_C_LINKAGE_BEGIN
/*! Returns endianness (byte order) of the host's CPU architecture */
GMIO_API enum gmio_endianness gmio_host_endianness();
GMIO_C_LINKAGE_END
/*! @} */