--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/tool/globals.h	Mon Jul 21 22:20:23 2008 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/*****************************************************************************
+ *
+ * $Id$
+ *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include <string>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <vector>
+using namespace std;
+
+#include "MasterDevice.h"
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+enum Verbosity {
+    Quiet,
+    Normal,
+    Verbose
+};
+
+extern string command;
+extern int slavePosition;
+extern int domainIndex;
+extern vector<string> commandArgs;
+extern Verbosity verbosity;
+extern string dataTypeStr;
+extern bool force;
+
+extern MasterDevice masterDev;
+
+/****************************************************************************/
+
+class InvalidUsageException:
+    public runtime_error
+{
+    public:
+        /** Constructor with std::string parameter. */
+        InvalidUsageException(
+                const stringstream &s /**< Message. */
+                ): runtime_error(s.str()) {}
+};
+
+/****************************************************************************/
+
+class ExecutionFailureException:
+    public runtime_error
+{
+    public:
+        /** Constructor with std::string parameter. */
+        ExecutionFailureException(
+                const stringstream &s /**< Message. */
+                ): runtime_error(s.str()) {}
+};
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+#define swap16(x) \
+        ((uint16_t)( \
+        (((uint16_t)(x) & 0x00ffU) << 8) | \
+        (((uint16_t)(x) & 0xff00U) >> 8) ))
+#define swap32(x) \
+        ((uint32_t)( \
+        (((uint32_t)(x) & 0x000000ffUL) << 24) | \
+        (((uint32_t)(x) & 0x0000ff00UL) <<  8) | \
+        (((uint32_t)(x) & 0x00ff0000UL) >>  8) | \
+        (((uint32_t)(x) & 0xff000000UL) >> 24) ))
+
+#if __BYTE_ORDER == __LITTLE_ENDIAN
+
+#define le16tocpu(x) x
+#define le32tocpu(x) x
+
+#define cputole16(x) x
+#define cputole32(x) x
+
+#elif __BYTE_ORDER == __BIG_ENDIAN
+
+#define le16tocpu(x) swap16(x)
+#define le32tocpu(x) swap32(x)
+
+#define cputole16(x) swap16(x)
+#define cputole32(x) swap32(x)
+
+#endif
+
+/****************************************************************************/