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To: "Krishna Ganugapati" <krishnag@marakicorp.com>
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From: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 17:36:00 -0000
In-Reply-To: <000b01c574e3$03b46780$0108090a@marakicorp.com> (Krishna
 Ganugapati's message of "Sun, 19 Jun 2005 08:24:41 -0700")
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Subject: Re: [ECOS] big-endian Redboot and little-endian Linux for the
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>>>>> "Krishna" == Krishna Ganugapati <krishnag@marakicorp.com> writes:

Hi,

 Krishna> But I'm curious to know if it is possible to boot a
 Krishna> little-endian Linux off a big-endian Redboot and vice versa.
 Krishna> Could anyone shed some light on this?

Yes, I have done it on the Linksys NSLU2. Either byteswap all 32bit
words before uploading the kernel image or use the exec -X option.

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Bye, Peter Korsgaard

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