* Does linux kernel support little-endian on powerpc? @ 2005-03-04 5:45 David L 2005-03-04 7:32 ` Kumar Gala 0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread From: David L @ 2005-03-04 5:45 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-kernel Hi All, I know toolchain support the target powerpcle-elf. it enable the little-endian on powerpc. I see that there is -melf32ppc param for ld in arch/ppc/Makefile. Can I modify it to -melf32lppc? what will occur? Can kernel suport little-endian on powerpc well? thanks Jason ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
* Re: Does linux kernel support little-endian on powerpc? 2005-03-04 5:45 Does linux kernel support little-endian on powerpc? David L @ 2005-03-04 7:32 ` Kumar Gala 0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread From: Kumar Gala @ 2005-03-04 7:32 UTC (permalink / raw) To: David L; +Cc: linux-kernel No it does not and its extremely unlikely we will ever support little-endian, the list of pains this causes is endless. - kumar On Mar 3, 2005, at 11:45 PM, David L wrote: > Hi All, > > I know toolchain support the target powerpcle-elf. it enable the > little-endian on powerpc. I see that there is -melf32ppc param for ld > in arch/ppc/Makefile. Can I modify it to -melf32lppc? what will occur? > Can kernel suport little-endian on powerpc well? > > thanks > Jason > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
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