linux-kernel - Re: Detecting endianness in scripts/recordmcount.pl?

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Date:	Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:39:35 +0100
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Detecting endianness in scripts/recordmcount.pl?

> > > 
> > > The CONFIG_64BIT test could likewise be adopted for testing endianness, but
> > > not all architectures have config options for endian selections.
> > But we could add this - no?
> > Much better than executing objdump one thousand times.
> 
> Adding a parameter would be better.

Which moves the problem to the caller which is OK.
And then we are back to the same discussion and again we should
introduce a CONFIG_ symbol for it.

	Sam
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