For autoconf? Why need to ask the kernel? Aren't there other very simple
ways of determining build endianness in userspace?
Regards,
Brad
----- Original Message -----
From: "Florian Lohoff" <flo@rfc822.org>
To: <linux-mips@oss.sgi.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 11:39 AM
Subject: [PATCH] /proc/cpuinfo endianess (autoconf dependencie)
Something like this should be needed for current kernel to make
autoconf happy ...
--- arch/mips/kernel/proc.c 2001/12/12 13:45:58 1.27.2.3
+++ arch/mips/kernel/proc.c 2001/12/13 17:39:19
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@
seq_printf(m, "BogoMIPS\t\t: %lu.%02lu\n",
loops_per_jiffy / (500000/HZ),
(loops_per_jiffy / (5000/HZ)) % 100);
+#ifdef __MIBSEB__
+ seq_printf(m, "byteorder\t\t: big endian\n");
+#else
+ seq_printf(m, "byteorder\t\t: little endian\n");
+#endif
seq_printf(m, "wait instruction\t: %s\n", cpu_wait ? "yes" : "no");
seq_printf(m, "microsecond timers\t: %s\n",
(mips_cpu.options & MIPS_CPU_COUNTER) ? "yes" : "no");
