Re: [PATCH] arch: Kconfig: Let all little endian architectures define CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN explicitly

From: Chen Gang
Date: Mon Aug 11 2014 - 23:23:15 EST




On 8/12/14 6:53, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 05:18:44AM +0800, Chen Gang wrote:
>> x86, ia64, and arm(64) are little endian, and also another architectures
>> may be little endian (mips, sh, powerpc, and m32r) which already marked
>> CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN explicitly.
>
> This is incorrect. ARM can be either endian.
>
> arch/arm/mm/Kconfig:
>
> config CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
> bool "Build big-endian kernel"
> depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_BIG_ENDIAN
> help
> Say Y if you plan on running a kernel in big-endian mode.
> Note that your board must be properly built and your board
> port must properly enable any big-endian related features
> of your chipset/board/processor.
>

OK, thanks, I shall check all CPU_BIG_ENDIAN and send patch v2 for it.

And still welcome another ideas, suggestions or completions, especially
for another architectures.


Thanks.
--
Chen Gang

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