[vtk-developers] TestWindBladeReader fails on BigEndian

[Bill Lorensen]

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On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 10:36 PM, Andy Bauer <andy.bauer at kitware.com> wrote:

> The WindBlade reader is not a widely used format. I think for now the best
> thing to do is to disable it for big endian machines and when it gets fixed
> to re-enable it then.
>
> I'm out of town next week but I'll get to it the next week if no one beats
> me to it...
>
> Andy
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I took a very quick look at the wind blade reader. It seems the bulk
>> data is binary and there is no byte swapping as far as I can tell.
>> So, it might be a big effort to support BigEndian machines. If it is
>> not critical to support these machines, we could exclude it from
>> BigEndian systems.
>>
>> Is this a widely used format?
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Sohail Shafii <sohailshafii at yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I don't have access to a big endian machine. I'll look into that line of
>> > code when I have time, but I won't have the test environment to properly
>> > recreate the situation and debug it.
>> >
>> > Sohail
>> >
>> > ________________________________
>> > From: Andy Bauer <andy.bauer at kitware.com>
>> > To: David E DeMarle <dave.demarle at kitware.com>
>> > Cc: Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com>; VTK Developers
>> > <vtk-developers at vtk.org>; Sohail Shafii <sohailshafii at yahoo.com>
>> > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 7:13 AM
>> > Subject: Re: TestWindBladeReader fails on BigEndian
>> >
>> > Hi Sohail,
>> >
>> > It looks like the WindBlade reader is having problems on big-endian
>> machines
>> > --
>> >
>> http://open.cdash.org/testSummary.php?project=11&name=vtkIOGeometryCxx-TestWindBladeReader&date=2013-02-20
>> >
>> > Do you think you could check it out?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Andy
>> >
>> > On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 1:48 AM, David E DeMarle <
>> dave.demarle at kitware.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > We can try things out on one of the bluegene's, that or hunt down an old
>> > Mac.
>> >
>> > David E DeMarle
>> > Kitware, Inc.
>> > R&D Engineer
>> > 21 Corporate Drive
>> > Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
>> > Phone: 518-881-4909
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 11:09 PM, Andy Bauer <andy.bauer at kitware.com>
>> wrote:
>> >> I'll look into this. Any idea of a machine at Kitware or some place
>> else
>> >> that I could get access to it?
>> >>
>> >> Andy
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 4:24 PM, David E DeMarle
>> >> <dave.demarle at kitware.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Andy can you take a look at this?
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks,
>> >>>
>> >>> David E DeMarle
>> >>> Kitware, Inc.
>> >>> R&D Engineer
>> >>> 21 Corporate Drive
>> >>> Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
>> >>> Phone: 518-881-4909
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Bill Lorensen <
>> bill.lorensen at gmail.com>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>> > Dave,
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Not sure who cares about WindBladeReader but it sems to be broken on
>> >>> > BigEndian (not many left) systems.
>> >>> > Power PC and AIX
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Suggestions?
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Bill
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
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>>
>
>


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