Although the MSR tells you what endian you're in it's possible that
isn't the same endian the kernel was built for, and if that happens
you're usually having a very bad day. So print a marker to make
it 100% clear which endian the kernel was built for.
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <m...@ellerman.id.au>
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
index 82d0ce236f9d..5a54a6f54f70 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
@@ -202,6 +202,12 @@ NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(oops_end);
static int __die(const char *str, struct pt_regs *regs, long err)
{
printk("Oops: %s, sig: %ld [#%d]\n", str, err, ++die_counter);
+
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN))
+ printk("LE ");
+ else
+ printk("BE ");
+
#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT
pr_cont("PREEMPT ");
#endif
--
2.7.4
