added byte-order conversion functions templated on size
diff --git a/aos/common/byteorder.h b/aos/common/byteorder.h
index 87ef39a..fb65685 100644
--- a/aos/common/byteorder.h
+++ b/aos/common/byteorder.h
@@ -11,35 +11,33 @@
 // Also gives a nice templated interface to these functions.
 
 namespace aos {
-
-#ifndef __VXWORKS__
 namespace {
 
-template<typename int_type, typename T, int_type (*function)(int_type)> static inline void copier(const void *in, void *out) {
-  static_assert(sizeof(T) == sizeof(int_type), "bad template args");
+template <typename int_type, int_type (*function)(int_type)>
+static inline void copier(const void *in, void *out) {
   // Have confirmed by looking at the assembly code that this generates the same
   // code as the (undefined by the c++ standard) way of using a union to do it.
   // (which is pretty efficient)
   int_type temp;
-  memcpy(&temp, in, sizeof(T));
+  memcpy(&temp, in, sizeof(int_type));
   temp = function(temp);
-  memcpy(out, &temp, sizeof(T));
+  memcpy(out, &temp, sizeof(int_type));
 }
-template<typename int_type, typename T, int_type (*function)(int_type)> static inline T memcpier(T in) {
-  copier<int_type, T, function>(&in, &in);
+template <typename int_type, typename T, int_type (*function)(int_type)>
+static inline T memcpier(T in) {
+  copier<int_type, function>(&in, &in);
   return in;
 }
 
-// Can't make them static because they have to have external linkage to be used as a
-// template parameter.
-// Needed because be64toh etc are macros. (not that the manpage says anything...)
+// Needed because be64toh etc are macros (not that the manpage says
+// anything...).
 // These are used instead of ntohs etc because gcc didn't inline those.
-inline uint64_t _be64toh(uint64_t in) { return be64toh(in); }
-inline uint64_t _htobe64(uint64_t in) { return htobe64(in); }
-inline uint32_t _be32toh(uint32_t in) { return be32toh(in); }
-inline uint32_t _htobe32(uint32_t in) { return htobe32(in); }
-inline uint16_t _be16toh(uint16_t in) { return be16toh(in); }
-inline uint16_t _htobe16(uint16_t in) { return htobe16(in); }
+static inline uint64_t _be64toh(uint64_t in) { return be64toh(in); }
+static inline uint64_t _htobe64(uint64_t in) { return htobe64(in); }
+static inline uint32_t _be32toh(uint32_t in) { return be32toh(in); }
+static inline uint32_t _htobe32(uint32_t in) { return htobe32(in); }
+static inline uint16_t _be16toh(uint16_t in) { return be16toh(in); }
+static inline uint16_t _htobe16(uint16_t in) { return htobe16(in); }
 
 template<int bytes, typename T> class do_ntoh {
  public:
@@ -54,18 +52,52 @@
 template<typename T> class do_ntoh<2, T> {
  public:
   static inline T apply(T net) { return memcpier<uint16_t, T, _be16toh>(net); }
-  static inline void copy(const char *in, T *host) { copier<uint16_t, T, _be16toh>(in, host); }
+  static inline void copy(const char *in, T *host) {
+    copier<uint16_t, _be16toh>(in, host);
+  }
 };
 template<typename T> class do_ntoh<4, T> {
  public:
   static inline T apply(T net) { return memcpier<uint32_t, T, _be32toh>(net); }
-  static inline void copy(const char *in, T *host) { copier<uint32_t, T, _be32toh>(in, host); }
+  static inline void copy(const char *in, T *host) {
+    copier<uint32_t, _be32toh>(in, host);
+  }
 };
 template<typename T> class do_ntoh<8, T> {
  public:
   static inline T apply(T net) { return memcpier<uint64_t, T, _be64toh>(net); }
-  static inline void copy(const char *in, T *host) { copier<uint64_t, T, _be64toh>(in, host); }
+  static inline void copy(const char *in, T *host) {
+    copier<uint64_t, _be64toh>(in, host);
+  }
 };
+
+template <size_t Size>
+struct do_ntoh_int {
+  static inline void copy(const char *in, char *host);
+};
+template <>
+struct do_ntoh_int<1> {
+  static inline void copy(const char *in, char *host) { host[0] = in[0]; }
+};
+template <>
+struct do_ntoh_int<2> {
+  static inline void copy(const char *in, char *host) {
+    copier<uint16_t, _be16toh>(in, host);
+  }
+};
+template <>
+struct do_ntoh_int<4> {
+  static inline void copy(const char *in, char *host) {
+    copier<uint32_t, _be32toh>(in, host);
+  }
+};
+template <>
+struct do_ntoh_int<8> {
+  static inline void copy(const char *in, char *host) {
+    copier<uint64_t, _be64toh>(in, host);
+  }
+};
+
 template<int bytes, typename T> class do_hton {
  public:
   static inline T apply(T host);
@@ -79,55 +111,83 @@
 template<typename T> class do_hton<2, T> {
  public:
   static inline T apply(T host) { return memcpier<uint16_t, T, _htobe16>(host); }
-  static inline void copy(const T *host, char *out) { copier<uint16_t, T, _htobe16>(host, out); }
+  static inline void copy(const T *host, char *out) {
+    copier<uint16_t, _htobe16>(host, out);
+  }
 };
 template<typename T> class do_hton<4, T> {
  public:
   static inline T apply(T host) { return memcpier<uint32_t, T, _htobe32>(host); }
-  static inline void copy(const T *host, char *out) { copier<uint32_t, T, _htobe32>(host, out); }
+  static inline void copy(const T *host, char *out) {
+    copier<uint32_t, _htobe32>(host, out);
+  }
 };
 template<typename T> class do_hton<8, T> {
  public:
   static inline T apply(T host) { return memcpier<uint64_t, T, _htobe64>(host); }
-  static inline void copy(const T *host, char *out) { copier<uint64_t, T, _htobe64>(host, out); }
+  static inline void copy(const T *host, char *out) {
+    copier<uint64_t, _htobe64>(host, out);
+  }
 };
 
-} // namespace
-#endif // ifndef __VXWORKS__
+template <size_t Size>
+struct do_hton_int {
+  static inline void copy(const char *host, char *out);
+};
+template <>
+struct do_hton_int<1> {
+  static inline void copy(const char *host, char *out) { out[0] = host[0]; }
+};
+template <>
+struct do_hton_int<2> {
+  static inline void copy(const char *host, char *out) {
+    copier<uint16_t, _htobe16>(host, out);
+  }
+};
+template <>
+struct do_hton_int<4> {
+  static inline void copy(const char *host, char *out) {
+    copier<uint32_t, _htobe32>(host, out);
+  }
+};
+template <>
+struct do_hton_int<8> {
+  static inline void copy(const char *host, char *out) {
+    copier<uint64_t, _htobe64>(host, out);
+  }
+};
+
+}  // namespace
 
 // Converts T from network to host byte order.
-template<typename T> static inline T ntoh(T net) {
-#ifndef __VXWORKS__
+template <typename T>
+static inline T ntoh(T net) {
   return do_ntoh<sizeof(net), T>::apply(net);
-#else
-  return net;
-#endif
 }
 // Converts T from host to network byte order.
-template<typename T> static inline T hton(T host) {
-#ifndef __VXWORKS__
+template <typename T>
+static inline T hton(T host) {
   return do_hton<sizeof(host), T>::apply(host);
-#else
-  return host;
-#endif
 }
 
-template<typename T> static inline void to_host(const char *input, T *host) {
-#ifndef __VXWORKS__
+template <typename T>
+static inline void to_host(const char *input, T *host) {
   do_ntoh<sizeof(*host), T>::copy(input, host);
-#else
-  memcpy(host, input, sizeof(*host));
-#endif
 }
-template<typename T> static inline void to_network(const T *host, char *output) {
-#ifndef __VXWORKS__
+template <typename T>
+static inline void to_network(const T *host, char *output) {
   do_hton<sizeof(*host), T>::copy(host, output);
-#else
-  memcpy(output, host, sizeof(*host));
-#endif
+}
+
+template <size_t Size>
+static inline void to_host(const char *input, char *host) {
+  do_ntoh_int<Size>::copy(input, host);
+}
+template <size_t Size>
+static inline void to_network(const char *host, char *output) {
+  do_hton_int<Size>::copy(host, output);
 }
 
 } // namespace aos
 
 #endif
-