Re: [PATCH 1/12] generic *_bit()

Russell King
2006-02-03T10:27:21Z

On Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 11:24:30AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Feb 2006, Russell King wrote:
> > Invalid assumption, from the point of view of endianness across different
> > architectures. Consider where bit 0 is for a LE and BE unsigned long *
> > vs a LE and BE unsigned char *.
>
> Intel doesn't care about big endian (cfr. your lkml back issues of January
> 2006).

Incorrect. Intel does actually produce big endian CPUs - most of the
Intel IXP (ARM based) stuff is big endian. It just depends which part
of Intel you're referring to.

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Russell King
Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
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