--- /n/sources/plan9/sys/include/libc.h	Wed Sep 18 22:45:28 2013
+++ /sys/include/libc.h	Mon Mar 14 00:00:00 2016
@@ -336,6 +336,26 @@
 extern	void	cycles(uvlong*);	/* 64-bit value of the cycle counter if there is one, 0 if there isn't */
 
 /*
+ * endian conversion
+ */
+extern u16int	le16get(uchar *t,  uchar **r);
+extern u32int	le24get(uchar *t,  uchar **r);
+extern u32int	le32get(uchar *t,  uchar **r);
+extern u64int	le64get(uchar *t,  uchar **r);
+extern uchar*	le16put(uchar *t, u16int r);
+extern uchar*	le24put(uchar *t, u32int r);
+extern uchar*	le32put(uchar *t, u32int r);
+extern uchar*	le64put(uchar *t, u64int r);
+extern u16int	be16get(uchar *t,  uchar **r);
+extern u32int	be24get(uchar *t,  uchar **r);
+extern u32int	be32get(uchar *t,  uchar **r);
+extern u64int	be64get(uchar *t,  uchar **r);
+extern uchar*	be16put(uchar *t, u16int r);
+extern uchar*	be24put(uchar *t, u32int r);
+extern uchar*	be32put(uchar *t, u32int r);
+extern uchar*	be64put(uchar *t, u64int r);
+
+/*
  * one-of-a-kind
  */
 enum
--- /n/sources/plan9/sys/src/libc/port/mkfile	Wed Apr 24 22:51:53 2013
+++ /sys/src/libc/port/mkfile	Mon Mar 14 00:00:00 2016
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 	atof.c\
 	atol.c\
 	atoll.c\
+	beget.c\
 	cistrcmp.c\
 	cistrncmp.c\
 	cistrstr.c\
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@
 	getuser.c\
 	hangup.c\
 	hypot.c\
+	leget.c\
 	lnrand.c\
 	lock.c\
 	log.c\
--- /sys/src/libc/port/leget.c	Mon Mar 14 17:39:31 2016
+++ /sys/src/libc/port/leget.c	Mon Mar 14 00:00:00 2016
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+#include <u.h>
+#include <libc.h>
+
+u16int
+le16get(uchar *t,  uchar **r)
+{
+	if(r != nil)
+		*r = t+2;
+	return (u16int)t[0] | (u16int)t[1]<<8;
+}
+
+u32int
+le24get(uchar *t,  uchar **r)
+{
+	if(r != nil)
+		*r = t+3;
+	return (u32int)t[0] | (u32int)t[1]<<8 | (u32int)t[2]<<16;
+}
+
+u32int
+le32get(uchar *t,  uchar **r)
+{
+	if(r != nil)
+		*r = t+4;
+	return (u32int)t[0] | (u32int)t[1]<<8 | (u32int)t[2]<<16 | (u32int)t[3]<<24;
+}
+
+u64int
+le64get(uchar *t,  uchar **r)
+{
+	if(r != nil)
+		*r = t+8;
+	return (u64int)t[0] | (u64int)t[1]<<8 | (u64int)t[2]<<16 | (u64int)t[3]<<24 |
+		(u64int)t[4]<<32 | (u64int)t[5]<<40 | (u64int)t[6]<<48 | (u64int)t[7]<<56;
+}
+
+uchar*
+le16put(uchar *t, u16int r)
+{
+	*t++ = r;
+	*t++ = r>>8;
+	return t;
+}
+
+uchar*
+le24put(uchar *t, u32int r)
+{
+	*t++ = r;
+	*t++ = r>>8;
+	*t++ = r>>16;
+	return t;
+}
+
+uchar*
+le32put(uchar *t, u32int r)
+{
+	*t++ = r;
+	*t++ = r>>8;
+	*t++ = r>>16;
+	*t++ = r>>24;
+	return t;
+}
+
+uchar*
+le64put(uchar *t, u64int r)
+{
+	*t++ = r;
+	*t++ = r>>8;
+	*t++ = r>>16;
+	*t++ = r>>24;
+	*t++ = r>>32;
+	*t++ = r>>40;
+	*t++ = r>>48;
+	*t++ = r>>56;
+	return t;
+}
--- /sys/src/libc/port/beget.c	Mon Mar 14 17:39:31 2016
+++ /sys/src/libc/port/beget.c	Mon Mar 14 00:00:00 2016
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+#include <u.h>
+#include <libc.h>
+
+u16int
+be16get(uchar *t,  uchar **r)
+{
+	if(r != nil)
+		*r = t+2;
+	return (u16int)t[0]<<8 | (u16int)t[1];
+}
+
+u32int
+be24get(uchar *t,  uchar **r)
+{
+	if(r != nil)
+		*r = t+3;
+	return (u32int)t[1]<<16 | (u32int)t[2]<<8 | (u32int)t[3];
+}
+
+u32int
+be32get(uchar *t,  uchar **r)
+{
+	if(r != nil)
+		*r = t+4;
+	return (u32int)t[0]<<24 | (u32int)t[1]<<16 | (u32int)t[2]<<8 | (u32int)t[3];
+}
+
+u64int
+be64get(uchar *t,  uchar **r)
+{
+	if(r != nil)
+		*r = t+8;
+	return (u64int)t[0]<<56 | (u64int)t[1]<<48 | (u64int)t[2]<<40 | (u64int)t[3]<<32 |
+		(u64int)t[4]<<24 | (u64int)t[5]<<16 | (u64int)t[6]<<8 | (u64int)t[7];
+}
+
+uchar*
+be16put(uchar *t, u16int r)
+{
+	*t++ = r>>8;
+	*t++ = r;
+	return t;
+}
+
+uchar*
+be32put(uchar *t, u32int r)
+{
+	*t++ = r>>24;
+	*t++ = r>>16;
+	*t++ = r>>8;
+	*t++ = r;
+	return t;
+}
+
+uchar*
+be24put(uchar *t, u32int r)
+{
+	*t++ = r>>16;
+	*t++ = r>>8;
+	*t++ = r;
+	return t;
+}
+
+uchar*
+be64put(uchar *t, u64int r)
+{
+	*t++ = r>>56;
+	*t++ = r>>48;
+	*t++ = r>>40;
+	*t++ = r>>32;
+	*t++ = r>>24;
+	*t++ = r>>16;
+	*t++ = r>>8;
+	*t++ = r;
+	return t;
+}
+
--- /sys/man/2/leget	Mon Mar 14 17:39:31 2016
+++ /sys/man/2/leget	Mon Mar 14 00:00:00 2016
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+.TH LEGET 2
+le16get, le24get, le32get, le64get, le16put, le24put, le32put, le64put, be16get, be24get, be32get, be64get, be16put, be24put, be32put, be64put\- integer marshalling
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.ta +\w'\fLuvlong 'u
+.PP
+.nf
+.B
+u16int	le16get(uchar *t,  uchar **r)
+.PP
+.nf
+.B
+u32int	le24get(uchar *t,  uchar **r)
+.PP
+.nf
+.B
+u32int	le32get(uchar *t,  uchar **r)
+.PP
+.nf
+.B
+u64int	le64get(uchar *t,  uchar **r)
+.PP
+.nf
+.B
+uchar*	le16put(uchar *t, u16int i)
+.PP
+.nf
+.B
+uchar*	le24put(uchar *t, u32int i)
+.PP
+.nf
+.B
+uchar*	le32put(uchar *t, u32int i)
+.PP
+.nf
+.B
+uchar*	le64put(uchar *t, u64int i)
+.PP
+.nf
+.B
+u16int	be16get(uchar *t,  uchar **r)
+.PP
+.nf
+.B
+u32int	be24get(uchar *t,  uchar **r)
+.PP
+.nf
+.B
+u32int	be32get(uchar *t,  uchar **r)
+.PP
+.nf
+.B
+u64int	be64get(uchar *t,  uchar **r)
+.PP
+.nf
+.B
+uchar*	be16put(uchar *t, u16int i)
+.PP
+.nf
+.B
+uchar*	be24put(uchar *t, u32int i)
+.PP
+.nf
+.B
+uchar*	be32put(uchar *t, u32int i)
+.PP
+.nf
+.B
+uchar*	be64put(uchar *t, u64int i)
+.PP
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+These functions marshal a 2- to 8-byte integer to
+or from little- or big-endian formats. The
+.I put
+functions return the
+pointer to the first byte after the integer. The
+.I get
+functions return  the value, and if
+.B r
+is not
+.I nil
+they set
+.B *r
+to point at the first byte after the integer.
+.SH SOURCE
+.B /sys/src/libc/port/beget.c
+.br
+.B /sys/src/libc/port/leget.c
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.IR fcall (2),
+.IR ip (2)
+.SH BUGS
+.IR GBIT *
+and 
+.IR PBIT *
+(from
+.IR fcall (2))
+provide similar functionality for little-endian integers.
+The
+.IR nhget *
+and
+.IR nhput *
+functions from
+.IR ip (2)
+provide similar functionality  for big-endian integers.