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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Regents of The University of Michigan
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+ * met: redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer;
+ * redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+ * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution;
+ * neither the name of the copyright holders nor the names of its
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+ * this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ * Authors: Ali Saidi
+ *          Nathan Binkert
+ */
+
+#include "arch/isa_traits.hh"
+#include "mem/packet.hh"
+#include "sim/byteswap.hh"
+
+#ifndef __MEM_PACKET_ACCESS_HH__
+#define __MEM_PACKET_ACCESS_HH__
+// The memory system needs to have an endianness. This is the easiest
+// way to deal with it for now. At some point, we will have to remove
+// these functions and make the users do their own byte swapping since
+// the memory system does not in fact have an endianness.
+
+/** return the value of what is pointed to in the packet. */
+template <typename T>
+inline T
+Packet::get()
+{
+    assert(staticData || dynamicData);
+    assert(sizeof(T) <= size);
+    return TheISA::gtoh(*(T*)data);
+}
+
+/** set the value in the data pointer to v. */
+template <typename T>
+inline void
+Packet::set(T v)
+{
+    assert(sizeof(T) <= size);
+    *(T*)data = TheISA::htog(v);
+}
+
+#endif //__MEM_PACKET_ACCESS_HH__