Re: Compile on x86, run on ARM?

["Baker, Derek" <derek@...>]

# uname -a
Linux imx21 2.4.20-celf3 #2 Fri Apr 29 21:43:58 UTC 2005 armv5EJl unknown

So I think the "l" at the end of "armv5EJl" indicates little endian. Is 
that correct?

Derek

Asko Kauppi wrote:
> -bash-2.05b$ uname -a
> Linux kepponen 2.4.22-xfs #1 Sun Jun 12 21:17:17 PDT 2005 armv5b 
> unknown unknown GNU/Linux
>
> The 'b' is for big endian (NSLU2)
>
> "The x86 architecture is little endian. Many ARM processors support 
> either mode, but usually are used in little endian mode."
> http://www.handhelds.org/minihowto/porting-software.html
>
> -aka
>
>
> Baker, Derek kirjoitti 6.2.2006 kello 21.47:
>
> > At the moment, we're running on an eval board, and no one seems to know
> > if it's little or big. Is there any way to tell using some Linux tool?
> >
> > Thanks for you help.
> >
> > Derek
> >
> > Asko Kauppi wrote:
> > > I could easily help you with this.
> > >
> > > ARM can be placed into both big and little endian mode; do you know  
> > > which one you have?
> > >
> > > -asko
> > >
> > >
> > > Stefan Schwarzbach kirjoitti 6.2.2006 kello 19.44:
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi Derek,
> > > >
> > > > I'm not sure, but could there be a problem with the byte order of  
> > > > values
> > > > bigger than 8bits? Little endian vs. Big endian.
> > > > I'm not a lua developer so this is more a notice than an answer
> > > >
> > > > Greetings,
> > > > Stefan
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Baker, Derek schrieb:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > Is it possible to run compiled Lua on an architecture other than that
> > > > > which it was compiled on? For instance, can I compile a lua script to
> > > > > bytecode on an x86 platform and run the bytecode on an ARM platform?
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm trying that now on a very simple script, and get the error:
> > > > >
> > > > >    lua: unknown number format in test.byt
> > > > >
> > > > > when trying to run it. This happens when compiling on x86 and trying
> > > > > to run on ARM as well as compiling on ARM and trying to run on x86.
> > > > > All running Linux, btw.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Derek