At 3:07 PM -0800 2/15/02, Danny Epstein wrote:
>  > I don't know when these opcodes were added, but PowerPC does have
>>  nice "read/write byteswapped data" opcodes.
>
>I think Juan is referring to the LE (little endian) bit in the MSR (machine
>state register). See:
>
>http://www.byte.com/art/9509/sec12/art1.htm
>
>and:
>
>http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/hardware/DeviceManagers/pci_srvcs/pci_ca
>rds_drivers/PCI_BOOK.24e.html

Wouldn't that force the entire computer to run in Little Endian mode? 
Would the OS be able to function in that state?

-- Keith

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