On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 07:54:19PM +0000, Kumba wrote:
> Adds an additional field to /proc/cpuinfo that states the byteorder
> of the system. This has been floating around for some time on the
> list, so maybe this time is the charm.
This actually got removed from mainline ages ago. It's only being
carried around in distribution kernels for legacy reasons - we shouldn't
readd it.
Cheers,
-- Guido
>
> Signed-off-by: Joshua Kinard <kumba@gentoo.org>
> ---
>
> proc.c | 5 +++++
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff -Naurp mipslinux/arch/mips/kernel/proc.c
> mipslinux-byteorder/arch/mips/kernel/proc.c
> --- mipslinux/arch/mips/kernel/proc.c 2006-01-22 21:14:11.000000000 -0500
> +++ mipslinux-byteorder/arch/mips/kernel/proc.c 2006-01-24
> 13:39:47.000000000 -0500
> @@ -114,6 +114,11 @@ static int show_cpuinfo(struct seq_file
> seq_printf(m, "BogoMIPS\t\t: %lu.%02lu\n",
> cpu_data[n].udelay_val / (500000/HZ),
> (cpu_data[n].udelay_val / (5000/HZ)) % 100);
> +#ifdef __MIPSEB__
> + seq_printf(m, "byteorder\t\t: big endian\n");
> +#else
> + seq_printf(m, "byteorder\t\t: little endian\n");
> +#endif
> seq_printf(m, "wait instruction\t: %s\n", cpu_wait ? "yes" : "no");
> seq_printf(m, "microsecond timers\t: %s\n",
> cpu_has_counter ? "yes" : "no");
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