Re: check of endianess?

[Kumba <kumba@gentoo.org>]

Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> I just compiled a kernel for SGI IP32 and got some very interesting
> results when booting it: 0 MHz CPU, no RAM... Later I found out that
> I made a copy&paste typo in my build script and used mipsel-linux-cc
> to compile.  Shouldn't this be detected earlier on?
That actually booted? I thought SGIs were hardwired specifically for BE, and the 
prom should've rejected an LE kernel (Granted, there is a jumper on the IP32 
board labelled "Big Endian", so it's anyone's guess).

--Kumba

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