RE: [PATCH 1/12] generic *_bit()

From: Luck, Tony
Date: Fri Feb 03 2006 - 12:07:45 EST


> > Intel doesn't care about big endian (cfr. your lkml back issues of January
> > 2006).
>
> Incorrect. Intel does actually produce big endian CPUs - most of the
> Intel IXP (ARM based) stuff is big endian. It just depends which part
> of Intel you're referring to.

Set PSR.be (and DCR.be) to 1 and ia64 becomes a big-endian cpu (which,
IIRC, how HP-UX uses it).

-Tony
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