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author | guenther <> | 2014-07-13 13:17:16 +0000 |
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committer | guenther <> | 2014-07-13 13:17:16 +0000 |
commit | a507f9dd9387923514b8801e5f4424765bf792d1 (patch) | |
tree | f3f49da34e32740ce4214ca6ee7a426c4c3e6608 /src/lib/libc/net/byteorder.3 | |
parent | 798d3e3b70b7fb466e6bca59ceb18b2c4e92658d (diff) | |
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Split out ntoh[ls] and hton[ls] into their own manpage.
Update byteorder(3) to cover the new functions in <endian.h>
ok deraadt@ millert@
Diffstat (limited to 'src/lib/libc/net/byteorder.3')
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diff --git a/src/lib/libc/net/byteorder.3 b/src/lib/libc/net/byteorder.3 index 53f9fd071d..921c8343fa 100644 --- a/src/lib/libc/net/byteorder.3 +++ b/src/lib/libc/net/byteorder.3 | |||
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ | |||
1 | .\" $OpenBSD: byteorder.3,v 1.18 2013/06/05 03:39:22 tedu Exp $ | 1 | .\" $OpenBSD: byteorder.3,v 1.19 2014/07/13 13:17:16 guenther Exp $ |
2 | .\" | 2 | .\" |
3 | .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993 | 3 | .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993 |
4 | .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. | 4 | .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. |
@@ -27,23 +27,25 @@ | |||
27 | .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF | 27 | .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF |
28 | .\" SUCH DAMAGE. | 28 | .\" SUCH DAMAGE. |
29 | .\" | 29 | .\" |
30 | .Dd $Mdocdate: June 5 2013 $ | 30 | .Dd $Mdocdate: July 13 2014 $ |
31 | .Dt BYTEORDER 3 | 31 | .Dt BYTEORDER 3 |
32 | .Os | 32 | .Os |
33 | .Sh NAME | 33 | .Sh NAME |
34 | .Nm htonl , | ||
35 | .Nm htons , | ||
36 | .Nm ntohl , | ||
37 | .Nm ntohs , | ||
38 | .Nm htobe64 , | 34 | .Nm htobe64 , |
39 | .Nm htobe32 , | 35 | .Nm htobe32 , |
40 | .Nm htobe16 , | 36 | .Nm htobe16 , |
37 | .Nm be64toh , | ||
38 | .Nm be32toh , | ||
39 | .Nm be16toh , | ||
41 | .Nm betoh64 , | 40 | .Nm betoh64 , |
42 | .Nm betoh32 , | 41 | .Nm betoh32 , |
43 | .Nm betoh16 , | 42 | .Nm betoh16 , |
44 | .Nm htole64 , | 43 | .Nm htole64 , |
45 | .Nm htole32 , | 44 | .Nm htole32 , |
46 | .Nm htole16 , | 45 | .Nm htole16 , |
46 | .Nm le64toh , | ||
47 | .Nm le32toh , | ||
48 | .Nm le16toh , | ||
47 | .Nm letoh64 , | 49 | .Nm letoh64 , |
48 | .Nm letoh32 , | 50 | .Nm letoh32 , |
49 | .Nm letoh16 , | 51 | .Nm letoh16 , |
@@ -52,45 +54,49 @@ | |||
52 | .Nm swap16 | 54 | .Nm swap16 |
53 | .Nd convert values between different byte orderings | 55 | .Nd convert values between different byte orderings |
54 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | 56 | .Sh SYNOPSIS |
55 | .In sys/types.h | 57 | .In endian.h |
56 | .Ft u_int32_t | 58 | .Ft uint64_t |
57 | .Fn htonl "u_int32_t host32" | 59 | .Fn htobe64 "uint64_t host64" |
58 | .Ft u_int16_t | 60 | .Ft uint32_t |
59 | .Fn htons "u_int16_t host16" | 61 | .Fn htobe32 "uint32_t host32" |
60 | .Ft u_int32_t | 62 | .Ft uint16_t |
61 | .Fn ntohl "u_int32_t net32" | 63 | .Fn htobe16 "uint16_t host16" |
62 | .Ft u_int16_t | 64 | .Ft uint64_t |
63 | .Fn ntohs "u_int16_t net16" | 65 | .Fn be64toh "uint64_t big64" |
64 | .Ft u_int64_t | 66 | .Ft uint32_t |
65 | .Fn htobe64 "u_int64_t host64" | 67 | .Fn be32toh "uint32_t big32" |
66 | .Ft u_int32_t | 68 | .Ft uint16_t |
67 | .Fn htobe32 "u_int32_t host32" | 69 | .Fn be16toh "uint16_t big16" |
68 | .Ft u_int16_t | 70 | .Ft uint64_t |
69 | .Fn htobe16 "u_int16_t host16" | 71 | .Fn betoh64 "uint64_t big64" |
70 | .Ft u_int64_t | 72 | .Ft uint32_t |
71 | .Fn betoh64 "u_int64_t big64" | 73 | .Fn betoh32 "uint32_t big32" |
72 | .Ft u_int32_t | 74 | .Ft uint16_t |
73 | .Fn betoh32 "u_int32_t big32" | 75 | .Fn betoh16 "uint16_t big16" |
74 | .Ft u_int16_t | 76 | .Ft uint64_t |
75 | .Fn betoh16 "u_int16_t big16" | 77 | .Fn htole64 "uint64_t host64" |
76 | .Ft u_int64_t | 78 | .Ft uint32_t |
77 | .Fn htole64 "u_int64_t host64" | 79 | .Fn htole32 "uint32_t host32" |
78 | .Ft u_int32_t | 80 | .Ft uint16_t |
79 | .Fn htole32 "u_int32_t host32" | 81 | .Fn htole16 "uint16_t host16" |
80 | .Ft u_int16_t | 82 | .Ft uint64_t |
81 | .Fn htole16 "u_int16_t host16" | 83 | .Fn letoh64 "uint64_t little64" |
82 | .Ft u_int64_t | 84 | .Ft uint64_t |
83 | .Fn letoh64 "u_int64_t little64" | 85 | .Fn le64toh "uint64_t little64" |
84 | .Ft u_int32_t | 86 | .Ft uint32_t |
85 | .Fn letoh32 "u_int32_t little32" | 87 | .Fn le32toh "uint32_t little32" |
86 | .Ft u_int16_t | 88 | .Ft uint16_t |
87 | .Fn letoh16 "u_int16_t little16" | 89 | .Fn le16toh "uint16_t little16" |
88 | .Ft u_int64_t | 90 | .Ft uint32_t |
89 | .Fn swap64 "u_int64_t val64" | 91 | .Fn letoh32 "uint32_t little32" |
90 | .Ft u_int32_t | 92 | .Ft uint16_t |
91 | .Fn swap32 "u_int32_t val32" | 93 | .Fn letoh16 "uint16_t little16" |
92 | .Ft u_int16_t | 94 | .Ft uint64_t |
93 | .Fn swap16 "u_int16_t val16" | 95 | .Fn swap64 "uint64_t val64" |
96 | .Ft uint32_t | ||
97 | .Fn swap32 "uint32_t val32" | ||
98 | .Ft uint16_t | ||
99 | .Fn swap16 "uint16_t val16" | ||
94 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | 100 | .Sh DESCRIPTION |
95 | These routines convert 16, 32 and 64-bit quantities between different | 101 | These routines convert 16, 32 and 64-bit quantities between different |
96 | byte orderings. | 102 | byte orderings. |
@@ -101,70 +107,16 @@ the given quantity; the others convert either from/to the native | |||
101 | byte order used by the host to/from either little- or big-endian (a.k.a | 107 | byte order used by the host to/from either little- or big-endian (a.k.a |
102 | network) order. | 108 | network) order. |
103 | .Pp | 109 | .Pp |
104 | Apart from the swap functions, the names can be described by this form: | 110 | Apart from the swap functions, |
105 | {src-order}to{dst-order}{size}. | 111 | the names containing |
106 | Both {src-order} and {dst-order} can take the following forms: | 112 | .Dq be |
107 | .Pp | 113 | convert between host and big-endian (most significant byte first) order |
108 | .Bl -tag -width "be " -offset indent -compact | 114 | of the given quantity, while the names containing |
109 | .It h | 115 | .Dq le |
110 | Host order. | 116 | convert between host and little-endian least significant byte first) order |
111 | .It n | 117 | of the given quantity. |
112 | Network order (big-endian). | ||
113 | .It be | ||
114 | Big-endian (most significant byte first). | ||
115 | .It le | ||
116 | Little-endian (least significant byte first). | ||
117 | .El | ||
118 | .Pp | ||
119 | One of the specified orderings must be | ||
120 | .Sq h . | ||
121 | {size} will take these forms: | ||
122 | .Pp | ||
123 | .Bl -tag -width "32 " -offset indent -compact | ||
124 | .It l | ||
125 | Long (32-bit, used in conjunction with forms involving | ||
126 | .Sq n ) . | ||
127 | .It s | ||
128 | Short (16-bit, used in conjunction with forms involving | ||
129 | .Sq n ) . | ||
130 | .It 16 | ||
131 | 16-bit. | ||
132 | .It 32 | ||
133 | 32-bit. | ||
134 | .It 64 | ||
135 | 64-bit. | ||
136 | .El | ||
137 | .Pp | ||
138 | The swap functions are of the form: swap{size}. | ||
139 | .Pp | ||
140 | Names involving | ||
141 | .Sq n | ||
142 | convert quantities between network | ||
143 | byte order and host byte order. | ||
144 | The last letter | ||
145 | .Pf ( Sq s | ||
146 | or | ||
147 | .Sq l ) | ||
148 | is a mnemonic | ||
149 | for the traditional names for such quantities, | ||
150 | .Li short | ||
151 | and | ||
152 | .Li long , | ||
153 | respectively. | ||
154 | Today, the C concept of | ||
155 | .Li short | ||
156 | and | ||
157 | .Li long | ||
158 | integers need not coincide with this traditional misunderstanding. | ||
159 | On machines which have a byte order which is the same as the network | ||
160 | order, routines are defined as null macros. | ||
161 | .Pp | 118 | .Pp |
162 | The functions involving either | 119 | All these functions use the numbers |
163 | .Dq be , | ||
164 | .Dq le , | ||
165 | or | ||
166 | .Dq swap | ||
167 | use the numbers | ||
168 | 16, 32, or 64 for specifying the bitwidth of the quantities they operate on. | 120 | 16, 32, or 64 for specifying the bitwidth of the quantities they operate on. |
169 | Currently all supported architectures are either big- or little-endian | 121 | Currently all supported architectures are either big- or little-endian |
170 | so either the | 122 | so either the |
@@ -172,34 +124,40 @@ so either the | |||
172 | or | 124 | or |
173 | .Dq le | 125 | .Dq le |
174 | variants are implemented as null macros. | 126 | variants are implemented as null macros. |
175 | .Pp | ||
176 | The routines mentioned above which have either {src-order} or {dst-order} | ||
177 | set to | ||
178 | .Sq n | ||
179 | are most often used in | ||
180 | conjunction with Internet addresses and ports as returned by | ||
181 | .Xr gethostbyname 3 | ||
182 | and | ||
183 | .Xr getservent 3 . | ||
184 | .Sh SEE ALSO | 127 | .Sh SEE ALSO |
185 | .Xr gethostbyname 3 , | 128 | .Xr htonl 3 |
186 | .Xr getservent 3 | ||
187 | .Sh STANDARDS | 129 | .Sh STANDARDS |
188 | The | 130 | The |
189 | .Fn htonl , | 131 | .Fn htobe64 , |
190 | .Fn htons , | 132 | .Fn htobe32 , |
191 | .Fn ntohl , | 133 | .Fn htobe16 , |
134 | .Fn be64toh , | ||
135 | .Fn be32toh , | ||
136 | .Fn be16toh , | ||
137 | .Fn htole64 , | ||
138 | .Fn htole32 , | ||
139 | .Fn htole16 , | ||
140 | .Fn le64toh , | ||
141 | .Fn le32toh , | ||
192 | and | 142 | and |
193 | .Fn ntohs | 143 | .Fn le16toh |
194 | functions conform to | 144 | functions are expected to conform to a future version of |
195 | .St -p1003.1 . | 145 | .St -p1003.1 . |
196 | The other functions are extensions that should not be used when portability | 146 | The other functions are extensions that should not be used |
197 | is required. | 147 | when portability is required. |
198 | .Sh HISTORY | 148 | .Sh HISTORY |
199 | The | 149 | The |
200 | .Nm byteorder | 150 | .Nm swap{size} |
151 | and | ||
152 | .Nm {src-order}to{dst-order}{size} | ||
201 | functions appeared in | 153 | functions appeared in |
202 | .Bx 4.2 . | 154 | .Bx 4.2 . |
155 | The | ||
156 | .Nm {src-order}{size}to{dst-order} | ||
157 | functions appeared in | ||
158 | .Ox 5.6 . | ||
159 | A subset of them was submitted for standardization after | ||
160 | .St -p1003.1-2008 . | ||
203 | .Sh BUGS | 161 | .Sh BUGS |
204 | On the vax, alpha, amd64, i386, and some mips and arm architectures, | 162 | On the vax, alpha, amd64, i386, and some mips and arm architectures, |
205 | bytes are handled backwards from most everyone else in the world. | 163 | bytes are handled backwards from most everyone else in the world. |