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- Subject: Re: Cross-compiler
- From: "Javier Guerra" <javier@...>
- Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:48:20 -0500
On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Tim Maxwell <timmaxw@gmail.com> wrote:
> Which of the following byte orders do you mean?
> A: 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4
> B: 7 8 5 6 3 4 1 2
I'd rule out B, since that would come out of a 16-bit little-endian
CPU with big-endian arrangement of words. AFAIK, ARM switches
endianness on 32-bit longs: 1234 - 4321, so the non-unreasonable
orders would be:
BB: 8765-4321
LB: 5678-1234
BL: 4321-8765
LL: 1234-5678
where BB means BE-CPU, BE-software; LB is LE-CPU, BE-software; etc.
both LB and BL could be called 'middle endian'
--
Javier
