Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 8 Jun 1999 13:17:58 +0200 | From | Ralf Baechle <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] new bus architecture (+ byte-endianess) |
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On Mon, Jun 07, 1999 at 02:46:44PM +0200, Martin Mares wrote:
> I'd like to hear the opinion of PPC people, because in case we can get > automatic conversion LE->BE at no extra cost, DaveM's argument about > readl_be() being just extra complexity with no benefits is perfectly > correct.
On MIPS endian conversion isn't supported in kernel mode. Some chipsets however have external per device endian conversion, most don't. So the conversion is usually done in software.
Ralf
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