From: Joshua Kinard <kumba@xxxxxxxxxx> This is a small patch to display the CPU byteorder that the kernel was compiled with in /proc/cpuinfo. Signed-off-by: Joshua Kinard <kumba@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/mips/kernel/proc.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) This patch has been submitted several times prior over the years (I think), but I don't recall what, if any, objections there were to it. linux-mips-proc-cpuinfo-byteorder.patch diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/proc.c b/arch/mips/kernel/proc.c index 097fc8d..75e6a62 100644 --- a/arch/mips/kernel/proc.c +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/proc.c @@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ static int show_cpuinfo(struct seq_file *m, void *v) seq_printf(m, "BogoMIPS\t\t: %u.%02u\n", cpu_data[n].udelay_val / (500000/HZ), (cpu_data[n].udelay_val / (5000/HZ)) % 100); +#ifdef __MIPSEB__ + 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", cpu_has_counter ? "yes" : "no");
