Re: [U-Boot] U-boot compilation for little endian

2 Mar 2010


      Dear Ronny D,
In message 143206.74847.qm@web46114.mail.sp1.yahoo.com you wrote:
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I am using customized ppc440 based board. We need u-boot in little endian.
Will it possible to compile the u-boot source in little endian for ppc440?
The natural byte order for the Power Architecture is Big Endian. We do
not support Littel Endian mode on Power.
I have to admit that I doubt if efforts to implement LE mode on
Power make any sense - as mentioned, BE is the natural byte order, and
usually it's much easier to explicitly convert date when accessing LE
devices as we're doing for example when accessing the PCI bus.
I recommend to reconsider your plans.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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