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SubjectRe: Linux/IA-64 byte order
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>>>>> "Cort" == Cort Dougan <cort@persephone.cs.nmt.edu> writes:

Cort> For reference, the choice isn't arbitrary on all chips. The PPC
Cort> takes a minor performance hit when operating in LE mode and does
Cort> some inconvenient things when in LE mode (resulting in more work
Cort> needing to be done in software).

Cort> It's not clear yet that the ia64 is a sane architecture.

This is exactly the sort of things I would look at before deciding on
a byte order for Linux/IA64 - however since I don't know the technical
details I can't say which one is to be preferred to the other.

Jes

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