Re: Does linux kernel support little-endian on powerpc?

[Kumar Gala]

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
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