Re: Linux/IA-64 byte order

Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Mon, 8 Mar 1999 16:40:39 -0800 (PST)

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On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Alan Cox wrote:
>
> Do you even know if the option about endianness is software ? For all I know
> it might be wired down. I don't care what endian we use 8)

I care, and it's going to be LE, simply because anything else is just
asking for trouble with the x86 binary compatibility part.

Linus

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