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 -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
