"M. Warner Losh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Except that compilers use the convention that was described above.
> Big endian MIPS definitely uses a different bit ordering for C bit
> fields than little endian MIPS.

There is actually a difference between *bitfield* ordering and *bit*
ordering.  The former always follows the byte ordering, whereas the latter
is only a property of the ISA and has no influence on the ABI or API.

Andreas.

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