On Tue, Aug 18, 1998 at 09:38:54AM +0200, Torsten Hilbrich wrote: > On: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 00:43:23 -0400 Stephen J Carpenter writes: > > >> Little endian = intel byte order = host byte order (if its an intel) > >> big endian = network byte order = host byte order (on 64 bit boxes)? > > > > I dunno if ALL 64 bit boxen are big endian. > > I know SUN systems are big-endian...I don't know about PPCs, or > > ALphas tho > > The PowerPC can handle both formats (i.e., the processor can be told > to be a little/big-endian one by software), the alpha is little endian > *IIRC* (don't rely on it).
Thanx for the info...hmmm currently xfstt bombs out if it gets a connection of a differnt "endianess" than the system it is on...I have been meaning to fix that but maybe the PowerPC may have an easier fix... nah...ill just look into fixing it "right" -Steve -- /* -- Stephen Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>------------ */ E-mail "Bumper Stickers": "A FREE America or a Drug-Free America: You can't have both!" "honk if you Love Linux"
