From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Wed, 25 Jan 2006 01:03:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sccrmhc14.comcast.net ([204.127.202.59]:23990 "EHLO sccrmhc14.comcast.net") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S8133576AbWAYBDl (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jan 2006 01:03:41 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.4] (pcp04414054pcs.nrockv01.md.comcast.net[69.140.185.48]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc14) with ESMTP id <2006012501075601400efnpoe>; Wed, 25 Jan 2006 01:07:56 +0000 Message-ID: <43D6CF69.1050204@gentoo.org> Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 20:07:53 -0500 From: Kumba User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: check of endianess? References: <20060124233846.GA10784@deprecation.cyrius.com> In-Reply-To: <20060124233846.GA10784@deprecation.cyrius.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 10119 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: kumba@gentoo.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips Martin Michlmayr wrote: > I just compiled a kernel for SGI IP32 and got some very interesting > results when booting it: 0 MHz CPU, no RAM... Later I found out that > I made a copy&paste typo in my build script and used mipsel-linux-cc > to compile. Shouldn't this be detected earlier on? That actually booted? I thought SGIs were hardwired specifically for BE, and the prom should've rejected an LE kernel (Granted, there is a jumper on the IP32 board labelled "Big Endian", so it's anyone's guess). --Kumba -- Gentoo/MIPS Team Lead Gentoo Foundation Board of Trustees "Such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere." --Elrond