linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] offb: Fix little-endian support

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Date:	Mon, 16 Jun 2014 17:32:17 +1000
From:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Cc:	Cedric Le Goater <clg@...ibm.com>, Dinar Valeev <dvaleev@...e.com>,
	Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>,
	Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard <plagnioj@...osoft.com>,
	linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] offb: Fix little-endian support


On Wed, 2014-05-14 at 19:57 +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> 
> Hm, so it actually regressed on BE?
> 
> It's strange because fb_math_be() should be true and the patch won't
> change the values in that case...

Shouldn't the patch be based on foreign endian being set rather than
just "be" anyway ?

IE. If the fb is LE and the host is LE we *also* don't want to change
the ordering, which will be the case when we fix qemu...

Cheers,
Ben.



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