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

Luck, Tony
2006-02-03T17:07:47Z

> > 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.

Set PSR.be (and DCR.be) to 1 and ia64 becomes a big-endian cpu (which,
IIRC, how HP-UX uses it).

-Tony