On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:47:28 -0800 (PST) Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Thu, 18 Dec 2008, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > > I think it would be better to just make it a config option, call it > > CONFIG_[LITTLE|BIG]_ENDIAN and set it up in the architecture > > Kconfig file. I think some of the people who can set it dynamically > > (or where it depends on the target machine) already effectively do > > that. > > Never mind, since we end up having to export it to user space (do > we?) we can't depend on the config.h file, nor can we pollute the > name space. > why are we exposing byte order functions to userspace in the first place ???? -- Arjan van de Ven Intel Open Source Technology Centre For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
