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+/*
+** Copyright 2003, Axel Dörfler, axeld@pinc-software.de. All rights reserved.
+** Distributed under the terms of the OpenBeOS License.
+*/
+#ifndef BFS_ENDIAN_H
+#define BFS_ENDIAN_H
+
+
+#include <ByteOrder.h>
+
+
+#if !defined(BFS_LITTLE_ENDIAN_ONLY) && !defined(BFS_BIG_ENDIAN_ONLY)
+//	default setting; BFS is now primarily a little endian file system
+#	define BFS_LITTLE_ENDIAN_ONLY
+#endif
+
+
+#ifdef BFS_LITTLE_ENDIAN_ONLY
+#	if B_HOST_IS_LENDIAN
+#		define BFS_ENDIAN_TO_HOST_INT16(value) value
+#		define BFS_ENDIAN_TO_HOST_INT32(value) value
+#		define BFS_ENDIAN_TO_HOST_INT64(value) value
+#	else
+#		define BFS_ENDIAN_TO_HOST_INT16(value) __swap_int16(value)
+#		define BFS_ENDIAN_TO_HOST_INT16(value) __swap_int32(value)
+#		define BFS_ENDIAN_TO_HOST_INT16(value) __swap_int64(value)
+#	endif
+#elif BFS_BIG_ENDIAN_ONLY
+#	if B_HOST_IS_BENDIAN
+#		define BFS_ENDIAN_TO_HOST_INT16(value) value
+#		define BFS_ENDIAN_TO_HOST_INT32(value) value
+#		define BFS_ENDIAN_TO_HOST_INT64(value) value
+#	else
+#		define BFS_ENDIAN_TO_HOST_INT16(value) __swap_int16(value)
+#		define BFS_ENDIAN_TO_HOST_INT16(value) __swap_int32(value)
+#		define BFS_ENDIAN_TO_HOST_INT16(value) __swap_int64(value)
+#	endif
+#else
+	// ToDo: maybe build a version that supports both, big & little endian?
+	//		But since that will need some kind of global data (to
+	//		know of what type this file system is), it's probably 
+	//		something for the boot loader; anything else would be
+	//		a major pain.
+#endif
+
+#endif	/* BFS_ENDIAN_H */