One more thing (left out)... ME said: > Special programs that use the cpu or have x86 asm routines. > > Places to worry: > Linux x86 vmware, DOSEmu, Wine, Basalisk. > (This does not mean they will NOT work, it is just a list of things that > I would not be surprised if they did not work.) > > There have been some "bugs" in endian handling with obscure results when > compiled for x86 linux vs other architectures - dont recall if the Alpha > was one of these, though PPC was. (EG reiserfs - resolved i think)
Though sometimes the big/little endian issues across architectures for addresses/values can impact programs you run, it seems the bugs are found most commonly with drivers and interfaces between the kernel and devices/virt-devices through layers of abstraction/translation. Reading through enough "CHANGES" files for drivers and source to see comments about this for linux to make such a generalization. Enjoy, -ME _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
