rtems_bsdnet_ifconfig issue on big endian platform

[Sebastian Huber]

On 2013-08-22 10:27, ruizx wrote:
> On Thursday, August 22, 2013 3:09 PM Sebastian Huber wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> thanks for the bug report.  The attached patch should fix the problem.
>>
>>
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> Hi, I have other question.
>
> When use ifr_flagshigh? I can't find any reference of this variable.
> Some if flags need high bits, like IFF_PPROMISC.
>
> In other word, why not change ifr_flags type from short to int?
>
> Thanks.
>

Yes, this looks pretty inconsistent.  I don't know why it was done this way. 
You can provide a patch if you like.

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