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Re: big-endian Redboot and little-endian Linux for theXScale
- From: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet at sunsite dot dk>
- To: "Krishna Ganugapati" <krishnag at marakicorp dot com>
- Cc: <ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 19:37:11 +0200
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] big-endian Redboot and little-endian Linux for theXScale
- References: <000b01c574e3$03b46780$0108090a@marakicorp.com>
>>>>> "Krishna" == Krishna Ganugapati <krishnag@marakicorp.com> writes:
Hi,
Krishna> But I'm curious to know if it is possible to boot a
Krishna> little-endian Linux off a big-endian Redboot and vice versa.
Krishna> Could anyone shed some light on this?
Yes, I have done it on the Linksys NSLU2. Either byteswap all 32bit
words before uploading the kernel image or use the exec -X option.
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Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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