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Thread: mips64eb's GNU_ARCH
mips64eb's GNU_ARCH
user name
 2007-11-12 23:52:16 
Why mips64eb's GNU_ARCH is mips64, while that of mipseb is
mipseb?

Masao
Re: mips64eb's GNU_ARCH
user name
 2007-11-13 08:30:50 
"Masao Uebayashi" <uebayasigmail.com> writes:

> Why mips64eb's GNU_ARCH is mips64, while that of mipseb
is mipseb?

The world seems to have settled on big-endian as a default
for mips64,
and LE is the exception; the GNU arch names reflect that.
It's a lot
easier for us if we go along with that, even though it's
inconsistent
with our convention for 32-bit MIPS. Trying to get the world
to cope
with the "mips64eb" string isn't worth the
trouble.

	- Nathan
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