Re: 64-bit jiffies, a better solution take 2

[george anzinger <george@mvista.com>]

Russell King wrote:
> 
> On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 05:42:46PM -0700, george anzinger wrote:
> > diff -urP -I \$Id:.*Exp \$ -X /usr/src/patch.exclude linux-2.5.14-org/arch/arm/vmlinux-armo.lds.in linux/arch/arm/vmlinux-armo.lds.in
> > --- linux-2.5.14-org/arch/arm/vmlinux-armo.lds.in     Tue May  7 15:59:35 2002
> > +++ linux/arch/arm/vmlinux-armo.lds.in        Fri May 10 17:07:31 2002
> > @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
> >   */
> >  OUTPUT_ARCH(arm)
> >  ENTRY(stext)
> > +jiffies = jiffies_64 + 4;
> >  SECTIONS
> >  {
> >       . = TEXTADDR;
> > diff -urP -I \$Id:.*Exp \$ -X /usr/src/patch.exclude linux-2.5.14-org/arch/arm/vmlinux-armv.lds.in linux/arch/arm/vmlinux-armv.lds.in
> > --- linux-2.5.14-org/arch/arm/vmlinux-armv.lds.in     Tue May  7 15:59:35 2002
> > +++ linux/arch/arm/vmlinux-armv.lds.in        Fri May 10 17:07:34 2002
> > @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
> >   */
> >  OUTPUT_ARCH(arm)
> >  ENTRY(stext)
> > +jiffies = jiffies_64 + 4;
> >  SECTIONS
> >  {
> >       . = TEXTADDR;
> 
> Eurgh.  This seems to be a popular misconception.  What makes you think
> ARM is big endian, or was it just a guess?
> 

>From byteorder.h:

#ifdef __ARMEB__
#include <linux/byteorder/big_endian.h>
#else
#include <linux/byteorder/little_endian.h>
#endif

So, yes, given no hints on who or what configures __ARMEB__.  Is it always little endian?
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