From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: by oss.sgi.com id ; Mon, 5 Jun 2000 09:06:52 -0700 Received: from noose.gt.owl.de ([62.52.19.4]:11787 "HELO noose.gt.owl.de") by oss.sgi.com with SMTP id ; Mon, 5 Jun 2000 09:06:33 -0700 Received: by noose.gt.owl.de (Postfix, from userid 10) id C011C81D; Mon, 5 Jun 2000 19:06:26 +0200 (CEST) Received: by paradigm.rfc822.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B08098FA7; Mon, 5 Jun 2000 19:05:59 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 19:05:59 +0200 From: Florian Lohoff To: Ian Chilton Cc: Linux-MIPS Mailing List Subject: Re: Compile speed on SGI/Linux (like Indy) Message-ID: <20000605190559.B6172@paradigm.rfc822.org> References: <20000605163233.E3774@paradigm.rfc822.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from mailinglist@ichilton.co.uk on Mon, Jun 05, 2000 at 05:32:55PM +0100 Organization: rfc822 - pure communication Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips-outgoing On Mon, Jun 05, 2000 at 05:32:55PM +0100, Ian Chilton wrote: > Hello, > > > There will be debian-mips and debian-mipsel "Real Soon" > > Please could you explain a little more..? > > What is the difference between these 2? The Endianess - debian-mips is Big Endian - Like the SGI Indy and Indigo2 mipsel is Little Endian like the Digital Decstation and a handful others. Flo -- Florian Lohoff flo@rfc822.org +49-waiting-4-telekom "Technology is a constant battle between manufacturers producing bigger and more idiot-proof systems and nature producing bigger and better idiots."