docs: Amended docs for conversion routines

2 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/host/include/uhd/convert.hpp b/host/include/uhd/convert.hpp
index 6ac93fb66..d740d80fb 100644
--- a/host/include/uhd/convert.hpp
+++ b/host/include/uhd/convert.hpp
@@ -46,7 +46,14 @@ namespace uhd{ namespace convert{
 
     private:
         //! Callable method: input vectors, output vectors, num samples
-        virtual void operator()(const input_type&, const output_type&, const size_t) = 0;
+        //
+        // This is the guts of the converter. When deriving new converter types,
+        // this is where the actual conversion routines go.
+        //
+        // \param in Pointers to the input buffers
+        // \param out Pointers to the output buffers
+        // \param num Number of items in the input buffers to convert
+        virtual void operator()(const input_type& in, const output_type& out, const size_t num) = 0;
     };
 
     //! Conversion factory function typedef
@@ -69,6 +76,9 @@ namespace uhd{ namespace convert{
 
     /*!
      * Register a converter function.
+     *
+     * Converters with higher priority are given preference.
+     *
      * \param id identify the conversion
      * \param fcn makes a new converter
      * \param prio the function priority
diff --git a/host/include/uhd/utils/byteswap.hpp b/host/include/uhd/utils/byteswap.hpp
index 2b5a46c66..8e3b7dc8a 100644
--- a/host/include/uhd/utils/byteswap.hpp
+++ b/host/include/uhd/utils/byteswap.hpp
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@
 #include <boost/cstdint.hpp>
 
 /*! \file byteswap.hpp
+ *
  * Provide fast byteswaping routines for 16, 32, and 64 bit integers,
  * by using the system's native routines/intrinsics when available.
  */
-
 namespace uhd{
 
     //! perform a byteswap on a 16 bit integer
@@ -44,9 +44,15 @@ namespace uhd{
     template<typename T> T htonx(T);
 
     //! worknet to host: short, long, or long-long
+    //
+    // The argument is assumed to be little-endian (i.e, the inverse
+    // of typical network endianness).
     template<typename T> T wtohx(T);
 
     //! host to worknet: short, long, or long-long
+    //
+    // The return value is little-endian (i.e, the inverse
+    // of typical network endianness).
     template<typename T> T htowx(T);
 
 } //namespace uhd