Re: Does linux kernel support little-endian on powerpc?

2005-03-03 Thread Kumar Gala
No it does not and its extremely unlikely we will ever support 
little-endian, the list of pains this causes is endless.

- kumar
On Mar 3, 2005, at 11:45 PM, David L wrote:
Hi All,
I know toolchain support the target powerpcle-elf. it enable the
 little-endian on powerpc. I see that there is -melf32ppc param for ld
 in arch/ppc/Makefile. Can I modify it to -melf32lppc? what will occur?
 Can kernel suport little-endian on powerpc well?
thanks
 Jason
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Does linux kernel support little-endian on powerpc?

2005-03-03 Thread David L
Hi All,

I know toolchain support the target powerpcle-elf. it enable the
little-endian on powerpc. I see that there is -melf32ppc param for ld
in arch/ppc/Makefile. Can I modify it to -melf32lppc? what will occur?
Can kernel suport little-endian on powerpc well?

thanks
Jason
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Does linux kernel support little-endian on powerpc?

2005-03-03 Thread David L
Hi All,

I know toolchain support the target powerpcle-elf. it enable the
little-endian on powerpc. I see that there is -melf32ppc param for ld
in arch/ppc/Makefile. Can I modify it to -melf32lppc? what will occur?
Can kernel suport little-endian on powerpc well?

thanks
Jason
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Re: Does linux kernel support little-endian on powerpc?

2005-03-03 Thread Kumar Gala
No it does not and its extremely unlikely we will ever support 
little-endian, the list of pains this causes is endless.

- kumar
On Mar 3, 2005, at 11:45 PM, David L wrote:
Hi All,
I know toolchain support the target powerpcle-elf. it enable the
 little-endian on powerpc. I see that there is -melf32ppc param for ld
 in arch/ppc/Makefile. Can I modify it to -melf32lppc? what will occur?
 Can kernel suport little-endian on powerpc well?
thanks
 Jason
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