Re: config & endianness

On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 08:27:36AM -0800, Garrett D'Amore wrote:
> Hmm.... we now have some kernel configs in evbmips that do not make
> sense for either big or little endian.
> 
>     * OMSAL and MTX-1 are always little endian
>     * forthcoming ATHEROS AR531x based systems will always be big endian
>     * DBAU1XXX can be either endian (jumper selectable)
>     * Malta/PB1XXX?  probably also jumper selectable
> 
> Is there a way to establish stuff in config so that:
> 
>     1) an attempt to build a kernel with endianness that doesn't make
> sense fails in config(8), AND

I don't really understand that.  How is config(1) supposed to know what
endianness it is supposed to build for?  You want to flag it when it is
compiled?  Currently, config(1) is arch-agnostic, i.e. you can use the
same binary for any arch.

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"When I find the controls, I'll go where I like, I'll know where I want
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