ppc LE questions (seeking help hand info pointers)

Geert Uytterhoeven geert at linux-m68k.org
Fri Sep 21 02:07:48 EST 2001


On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Tom Rini wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 11:42:39AM -0400, Mark Salisbury wrote:
> > question 4. assuming I was willing to deliver a clean, complete LE
> > enabling patch (including devices that are relevant to me), as a compile
> > time config option and maintain that patch, what would be the primary
> > obstacle to inclusion in the main line.
>
> The objection to being an arch that attempts to support both LE and BE.

Note that we already have a precedent: mips and mipsel, both in arch/mips/.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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