From owner-freebsd-alpha Thu Aug 27 15:26:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA15469 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Thu, 27 Aug 1998 15:26:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gateway.sequent.com (gateway.sequent.com [138.95.18.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA15381 for ; Thu, 27 Aug 1998 15:25:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from seifert@sequent.com) Received: from eng4.sequent.com (eng4.sequent.com [138.95.7.64]) by gateway.sequent.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA11617 for ; Thu, 27 Aug 1998 11:52:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (seifert@localhost) by eng4.sequent.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id PAA14871 for ; Thu, 27 Aug 1998 15:24:37 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199808272224.PAA14871@eng4.sequent.com> X-Authentication-Warning: eng4.sequent.com: seifert@localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Alpha. Which endian? Date: Thu, 27 Aug 98 15:24:36 PDT From: David Seifert Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > : I remember that when the Alpha cpu was designed one of the features > : was the ability to switched to be big-endian or little-endian format > : for a particular operating system. > > No. AFAIK, the alpha has never supported this. The Alpha architecture supports it. It may not have been implemented. -Dave To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message