On Thursday 22 March 2007 01:11, Dan Weaver wrote:
> Context:
> The new Multiboot specification uses the term Native Endianess to imply
> that big endian processors can load big endian objects and little endian
> processors can load little endian objects.
>
> Ambiguity:
> The Power PC is considered
Context:
The new Multiboot specification uses the term Native Endianess to imply
that big endian processors can load big endian objects and little endian
processors can load little endian objects.
Ambiguity:
The Power PC is considered a Big Endian machine but can be booted in little
endian m
>> And on true 64 platforms it will be counterintuitive definition.
>>
>
> I don't know what you mean by this. What is a "true 64 platform", and
> what does that have to do with endianness?
As there was no context in the message, the Daniel's definiton gives
no sense for 64bit data as well as 16b
On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 12:49 +0100, Tomáš Ebenlendr wrote:
> Dne 15 Březen 2007, 03:55, Hollis Blanchard napsal(a):
> > On Wed, 2007-03-07 at 09:47 -0800, Daniel Weaver wrote:
> >
> >> I would like to propose a definition for "Native Endianess"
> >>
> >>
> >> The data has Native Endianess when a 32-
Dne 15 Březen 2007, 03:55, Hollis Blanchard napsal(a):
> On Wed, 2007-03-07 at 09:47 -0800, Daniel Weaver wrote:
>
>> I would like to propose a definition for "Native Endianess"
>>
>>
>> The data has Native Endianess when a 32-bit read will return the
>> correct value without byte swap.
>
> What o
On Wed, 2007-03-07 at 09:47 -0800, Daniel Weaver wrote:
> I would like to propose a definition for "Native Endianess"
>
> The data has Native Endianess when a 32-bit read will return the
> correct value without byte swap.
What on earth does that mean? :) "Correct value" according to who?
FYI, so
