# Re: ppc LE questions (seeking help hand info pointers)

- From: Holger Bettag \<hidden\>
- Date: 2001-09-20 19:29:39 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2001/09/9378342
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2001/09/9378342/t.md

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Mark Salisbury [ref] writes:

[... linux in ppc little endian mode ...]
> well, this is in the context of a multi-CPU type (x86/ppc, sparc/ppc,
> ppc/ppc, mips/ppc) shared memory multicomputer.
>
> when dealing w/ direct mapped, shared memory, uniformity of endian-ness
> makes many multicomputer problems easier to solve.(not to mention easier
> for the customer to program...)
>
You are aware that a PPC in little endian mode is merely tricking with the
low order address bits, but does not actually lay out its data in a little
endian fashion in physical memory?

  Holger


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