Re: Linux/IA-64 byte order

Marc Lehmann (pcg@goof.com)
Sat, 13 Mar 1999 00:18:46 +0100

On Mon, Mar 08, 1999 at 11:31:16PM -0600, Taral wrote:
> On Mon, 08 Mar 1999, Richard Gooch wrote:
> >Yes, it is, although I don't get to choose the binary format of
> >data. And memory mapping is so much better than plain reading.
> >
> >Anyway, nevermind.
>
> Well, I, for one, would like to know if the IA64 chips will have an endianness
> select in their instruction set! That sounded like a *great* idea, since the

(I have no definite informstion, really), but it seems to me that the
instruction set space is pretty scarce.

I think sparing a bit for endian-ness is NOT an option. Maybe there are some
specialised load instructions that have an endian-ness flag, but I somewhat
doubt it.

It all depends on how important the chip designers think this feature is.
Maybe they think x86 compatibility demands it, maybe not.

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