> Prashant Viswanathan wrote: > > >Is there a reason why the default configuration file doesn't support Big > >Endian for the dbAu1550? > > > >Even if I edit .config to set the endianness to "BIG" it seems to change > to > >"Little Endian" every time a make is run. > > > >Thanks > >Prashant > > > > > > > > > In arch/mips/Kconfig, > > config CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN > bool "Generate little endian code" > default y if ACER_PICA_61 || CASIO_E55 || DDB5074 || DDB5476 || > DDB5477 || MACH_DECSTATION > || IBM_WORKPAD || LASAT || MIPS_COBALT || MIPS_ITE8172 || MIPS_IVR || > SOC_AU1X00 || NEC_OSPREY || OLIVETTI_M700 || SNI_RM200_PCI || > VICTOR_MPC30X || ZAO_CAPCELLA > default n if MIPS_EV64120 || MIPS_EV96100 || MOMENCO_OCELOT || > MOMENCO_OCELOT_G || SGI_IP22 || SGI_IP27 || SGI_IP32 || TOSHIBA_JMR3927 > help > Some MIPS machines can be configured for either little or big > endian > byte order. These modes require different kernels. Say Y if your > machine is little endian, N if it's a big endian machine. > > So, it appears that if you have SOC_AU1X00 set, it will always be > configured little endian. Is there a reason for this? Many months ago I was able to build a big-endian image and load it on my dbAu1550 (also configured to be BE). I just decided to update and now I find that it is almost as if it is not meant to be built BE.
