Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] hw/usb/dev-network.c: Use ldl_le_p() and stl_le_p()

[Gerd Hoffmann]

On Fr, 2016-06-10 at 16:37 +0100, Peter Maydell wrote:
> Use stl_le_p() and ldl_le_p() to read and write data from
> buffers, rather than using pointer casts and cpu_to_le32()
> for writes and le32_to_cpup() for reads. This:
>  * avoids lots of casts
>  * works even if the buffer isn't as aligned as the host would like
>  * avoids using the *_to_cpup() functions which we want to get rid of
> 
> Note that there may still be some places where a pointer from the
> guest is cast to a pointer to a host structure; these would also
> have to be changed for the device to work on a host CPU which
> enforces alignment restrictions.
> 

Added to usb queue.

thanks,
  Gerd