linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] arm64: configs: unset CPU_BIG

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Date:   Fri, 11 Oct 2019 11:33:42 +0100
From:   Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To:     Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@...aro.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] arm64: configs: unset CPU_BIG_ENDIAN

On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 11:27:48AM +0100, Will Deacon wrote:
> Does anybody use BIG_ENDIAN? If we're not even building it then maybe we
> should get rid of it altogether on arm64. I don't know of any supported
> userspace that supports it or any CPUs that are unable to run little-endian
> binaries.

32-bit ARM experience is that telco class users really like big
endian.

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