From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 11 Jun 2001 14:40:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 11 Jun 2001 14:40:33 -0400 Received: from [209.234.73.40] ([209.234.73.40]:530 "EHLO altus.drgw.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 11 Jun 2001 14:40:25 -0400 Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 13:39:49 -0500 From: Troy Benjegerdes To: Zehetbauer Thomas Cc: "'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org'" Subject: Re: IBM PPC 405 series little endian? Message-ID: <20010611133949.Q753@altus.drgw.net> In-Reply-To: <41EA756DBC9FD0118CFC0020AFDB5C5A188DE7@tcint1ntsrv> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <41EA756DBC9FD0118CFC0020AFDB5C5A188DE7@tcint1ntsrv>; from TZ@link.topcall.co.at on Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 01:34:21PM +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 01:34:21PM +0200, Zehetbauer Thomas wrote: > Has someone experimented with running linux in little-endian mode on IBM > PowerPC 405 (Walnut) yet? Well, first, I have to ask, why?? First, if you need to deal with little endian data, on a PPC stwbrx & lwbrx are your friends. With the possible exception of the matrox guy, I haven't heard of ANYONE running in LE mode on ppc. The second problem is going to be to recompile ALL the applications you want and hope they work. Finally, if you're doing anything that connects to the internet, remember that network byte order is big-endian. You might find it interesting that even Intel is now re-discovering the usefullness of big-endian in some of their strongarm/Xscale processors. -- Troy Benjegerdes | master of mispeeling | 'da hozer' | hozer@drgw.net -----"If this message isn't misspelled, I didn't write it" -- Me ----- "Why do musicians compose symphonies and poets write poems? They do it because life wouldn't have any meaning for them if they didn't. That's why I draw cartoons. It's my life." -- Charles Shulz