> > In theory most of the bits should be there. However I don't have > > big-endian hardware to test against, > > I had a look at the "integrator cp" user guide. This board and the related > core modules are supposed to be able to work in big endian mode (even if > some components are not compatible like the Ethernet controller).
Sort-of. The Integrator boards aren't really big-endian, they're a little endian board with a CPU that can switch endianness. > Do you know some other big-endian platform ? There are many big-endian platforms. > I do not understand one more issue: I do not guess how a real big-endian > board can be useful. Is it for checking whether the Linux kernel is working > in such a configuration ? I have very little confidence in linux actually working in big-endian mode on an integrator. I'd also expect some of the consequences to switching to big-endian mode to be non-obvious. Access to real hadware allows you to check whether you're hitting kernel bugs or qemu bugs. Paul
