On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 17:52:26 -0400 Mike Gilbert <flop...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 6:44 PM, James Le Cuirot <ch...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > I am therefore proposing a new global big-endian flag. This could be > > masked by default and unmasked + forced in the relevant profiles under > > arch. I will apply this according to the mapping defined in tc-endian of > > toolchain-funcs.eclass. I've just been putting the patch together. I made it slightly simpler by masking *and* forcing it by default so that it only needs to be unmasked were necessary. > A possible alternative would be to create a new USE_EXPAND variable > for this. That would allow for easier expansion in case we ever > support something other than big/little endian machines. That way madness lies? Wikipedia talks about middle-endian as being the catch all for other random orderings that have appeared over the years but I don't think any of them were used on a system-wide basis. I can't imagine Linux ever supporting such a thing. Unless you're talking about dealing with soft vs hard float here too? -- James Le Cuirot (chewi) Gentoo Linux Developer
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