From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Return-Path: <SRS0=7k4k=IT=suse.de=matz@sourceware.org>
Received: from knuth.suse.de (unknown [81.95.8.245])
	by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B6BE3858C39
	for <binutils@sourceware.org>; Tue,  9 Jan 2024 16:19:47 +0000 (GMT)
DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org 3B6BE3858C39
Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=suse.de
Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=fail smtp.mailfrom=suse.de
ARC-Filter: OpenARC Filter v1.0.0 sourceware.org 3B6BE3858C39
Authentication-Results: server2.sourceware.org; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=81.95.8.245
ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=sourceware.org; s=key; t=1704817188; cv=none;
	b=fBVCI34aSLdq4EcdjrxkxNp3gfcpkTaqp+eB6NX334JYwAdj23ac/R1R5+zCS1yfuAs/GuNyvCiOSCSgr2bSrgGxdPUcVFTmF6Hjxzsk2E2RVwRUPQldeDWIPkl+FtXzrxveOLzI11KmGh5r2Pecer5lXUgpmtLVhyrxUvE5Me4=
ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=sourceware.org; s=key;
	t=1704817188; c=relaxed/simple;
	bh=dI3SaxyAOp/40k9v3RYSEv+N91Km2u3u1esGfVn+NqI=;
	h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:MIME-Version; b=Ta/iyh9nWinv70FdSy0awAr7dPK62PR2gT2nOvll3UVSNz4tuig7BPg+VJOv6s2wuPXrjiebRZEfLI0JSQhoWIhsFJMLdPbzwNTBGTTq66Zk+G9IwCE8kFCSsQRdHV+lrB+gKLX31EphRDBre0AhgnLwWv/FiGE70Kd5fLLw6rQ=
ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; server2.sourceware.org
Received: by knuth.suse.de (Postfix, from userid 10510)
	id 2539B24CF17; Tue,  9 Jan 2024 17:19:46 +0100 (CET)
Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by knuth.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23EA324CF16;
	Tue,  9 Jan 2024 17:19:46 +0100 (CET)
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2024 17:19:46 +0100 (CET)
From: Michael Matz <matz@suse.de>
To: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
cc: Binutils <binutils@sourceware.org>, Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>, 
    Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: how to know host endianness in binutils
In-Reply-To: <d4fe56ce-d6b8-4003-a2ff-f899562440fa@suse.com>
Message-ID: <22872ae6-f917-a5fa-2371-27e5ffecd7dc@suse.de>
References: <d4fe56ce-d6b8-4003-a2ff-f899562440fa@suse.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-9.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,KAM_DMARC_NONE,KAM_DMARC_STATUS,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_BL,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_L5,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_SOFTFAIL,TXREP,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org
List-Id: <binutils.sourceware.org>

Hey,

On Thu, 21 Dec 2023, Jan Beulich wrote:

> looking around, I can't seem to be able to find any standardized way of
> knowing host endianness in binutils (in gas/ in particular).

I've added a use of AC_C_BIGENDIAN into bfd/ last year (defining 
WORDS_BIGENDIAN).  Seems to have worked fine so far.


Ciao,
Michael.