Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 6 Dec 2013 14:38:27 +0100 | From | Leif Lindholm <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/3] arm64: add EFI stub |
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On Fri, Dec 06, 2013 at 08:34:30AM -0500, Mark Salter wrote: > > Or just disable runtime services on the switch to big ending. Big endian > > should not disable the stub (but getting it to work could be a follow-up > > patch) > > > The other problem with BE is that the PE/COFF masquerading is built into > head.S so the same Image can be used for EFI and non-EFI. I don't see > a BE opcode which we could us to provide the magic "MZ" at the start > of a BE kernel Image.
That's actually not an issue. Instructions are always LE - endinaness affects only data.
/ Leif
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