Paul Pluzhnikov wrote:
> emp1953 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> A rumor is circulating that there is a compiler setting that will
>> change the "endianness" from little to big or vice versa.
>
> Anyone circulating this rumor is clueless.
>
> Anyone asking "any truth to this" (that's you) is also clueless:
> endianness of most processors is *fixed in stone* at the time of
> their design. A notable exception is MIPS, which can be configured
> (at boot time?) to run in either big-endian, or little-endian mode.
>
> Cheers,
Perhaps the confusion comes from the GCC docs:
PowerPC Options:
`-mlittle'
`-mlittle-endian'
On System V.4 and embedded PowerPC systems compile code for the
processor in little endian mode. The `-mlittle-endian' option is
the same as `-mlittle'.
`-mbig'
`-mbig-endian'
On System V.4 and embedded PowerPC systems compile code for the
processor in big endian mode. The `-mbig-endian' option is the
same as `-mbig'.
Similar options are mentioned for SPARC, ARM, MCore, IA-64, etc
The docs MAY lead some folks to believe that it is possible.
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