On Sun, May 22, 2005 at 03:51:51PM +0300, Emil Samovsky wrote: > I've been asked to install Linux on HP-Itanium Hardware. Major demand of > this installation is full big endian support. > My question is about Debian Itanium Distro. Does it installed as big > endian system or little endian system?
Little endian. I know HP-UX uses Itanium in big-endian mode, but no Linux distribution does. It's probably worth rewriting your application to be endian-independent. My employer offers porting services: http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/cache/10788-0-0-0-121.html -- "Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception." -- Mark Twain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
