On 5.4.2005, at 21:59, Theodore H.Smith wrote:
What's the endianness on Linux86x? Little endian?
From what I remember, 86 processors can process both LE and BE, so
theoretically an BigEndian OS could be installed on a PC box.
Is it possible for Linux86 to be either LE or BE? Meaning that we
can't know ahead of time?
Computer science 101 -> Endian is bound to the processor, not to to
operating system.
So if its a box that can run Windows then you can be very sure that it
has the same endian as the Windows.
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