Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 28 Jul 1999 19:06:16 +0200 | From | Matthew Wilcox <> | Subject | Re: endiannes of the kernel |
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On Wed, Jul 28, 1999 at 10:51:15AM -0400, James K Whiting wrote: > I am porting Linux to a controller board using the Hitachi SH4 CPU. This > CPU can operate in either big-endian mode or little-endian mode. Since I > have control over the hardware and software, I can choose either one > freely. Is there any advantage to choosing one over the other for the Linux > kernel? Or should I choose based on other requirements?
The kernel already works on architectures of both endians, so this is not an issue. Pick your favourite poison.
-- Matthew Wilcox <willy@bofh.ai> "Windows and MacOS are products, contrived by engineers in the service of specific companies. Unix, by contrast, is not so much a product as it is a painstakingly compiled oral history of the hacker subculture." - N Stephenson
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