need a fast byteorder changing routine

[Peter Barada]

>Li,
>
>If you must do it one word at a time, the following works.
>
>long SwapBytes(long* p)
>{
>  __asm__(" lwbrx 3,0,3");
>}
>
>Charlie

And if you want it inlined:

static inline unsigned long loadWordAndSwapBytes(unsigned long *p)
{
  unsigned long val;

  __asm__ ("lwbrx %0,0,%1" : "=r" (val) : "r" (p));
  return val;
}

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