Re: Linux/IA-64 byte order
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 9 Mar 1999 21:19:22 +0000 (GMT)
> If the BE/LE mode flag is unprivileged (which we might not
> know until the IA64 NDAs expire), then libc can manage the flag on
> entry/exit from the kernel. If it's privileged, there might need to
> be some small involvement by the kernel to manage the flag.
This whole discussion is more than a little ahead of its time. We don't even
know if the endian-ness is hardwired in the chipsets
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