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Re: [PATCH] testsuite: Introduce be/le selectors
On 24/05/18 18:28, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
> On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 10:07:18AM +0100, Richard Earnshaw (lists) wrote:
>> On 22/05/18 22:21, Jeff Law wrote:
>>> On 05/21/2018 03:46 PM, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
>>>> This patch creates "be" and "le" selectors, which can be used by all
>>>> architectures, similar to ilp32 and lp64.
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>>>> 2017-05-21 Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
>>>>
>>>> gcc/testsuite/
>>>> * lib/target-supports.exp (check_effective_target_be): New.
>>>> (check_effective_target_le): New.
>>> I think this is fine. "be" "le" are used all over the place in gcc and
>>> the kernel to denote big/little endian.
>>
>> except when el and eb are used for perversity... :-)
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> It should have been -BE and -EL, because that is what it means. That
> also avoids the -l/-L problem -le and -LE would have ;-)
>
> (Confusing? Yes, little-endian is confusing).
I beg to differ. Big endian is the confusing one... :-)
R.
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> Segher
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