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Re: LittleEndian

From: Allan Sandfeld Jensen <snowwolf at one2one-networks dot com>
To: tprince at computer dot org,Miri <mirih at vsoft dot com>,"'gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org'" <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 23:44:10 +0200
Subject: Re: LittleEndian
References: <6A7D58CBBC23D6118529000629D53F840D0B98@mainserver.vsoft.com> <20020429150357.267932CD32@inet1.ywave.com>

On Monday 29 April 2002 17:03, Tim Prince wrote:
> On Monday 29 April 2002 00:06, Miri wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I?m trying to port code from SUN-Solaris (Sparc) to  Linux using GCC
> > 3.0.4. I tried to compile  to littleEndian using ?mlittle-endian ? but
> > its seems that the new compiler not supports that option (writes that its
> > not in spec file).
> >
> > Can you please help or give me a hint.
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> > Miri
>
> Why would you want such an option?  If the code contains byte-order
> dependencies, it's unlikely that a compiler option would fix it.  If you're
> trying to port binary data files, good luck.

Because sparc supports both endians, and the ELF format already contains the 
necessary infomation to protect against wrongfull linking.

References:
- LittleEndian
  - From: Miri
- Re: LittleEndian
  - From: Tim Prince

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