Re: [fpc-pascal] PowerPC Linux and endian modes

2011-05-20 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 20 May 2011, at 00:39, Seth Grover wrote: > And would FPC-compiled programs (specifically > I'm cross compiling to powerpc-linux from x86_64-linux) targeted at > PPC work in a little endian mode setup? As Henry indicated, you'd have to modify the compiler to get it to generate little endian

Re: [fpc-pascal] PowerPC Linux and endian modes

2011-05-19 Thread Henry Vermaak
On 19 May 2011 23:39, Seth Grover wrote: > Greetings! > > Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerPC#Endian_modes) states: > > "Most PowerPC chips switch endianness via a bit in the MSR (Machine > State Register), with a second bit provided to allow the OS to run > with a different endianness

[fpc-pascal] PowerPC Linux and endian modes

2011-05-19 Thread Seth Grover
Greetings! Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerPC#Endian_modes) states: "Most PowerPC chips switch endianness via a bit in the MSR (Machine State Register), with a second bit provided to allow the OS to run with a different endianness." So the way I am understanding this is that the PPC