X-Original-To: alpine-user@lists.alpinelinux.org Received: from mail-wm0-f68.google.com (mail-wm0-f68.google.com [74.125.82.68]) by lists.alpinelinux.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCB1F5C5019 for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2018 19:48:36 +0000 (GMT) Received: by mail-wm0-f68.google.com with SMTP id r15-v6so526998wmc.1 for ; Mon, 04 Jun 2018 12:48:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=dereferenced-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=rEuinRX7MBxerWQ3qCLe+dfpgrizXo7Q+bVKBm/WNr4=; b=0cTNCKCNB7Dg0mUDG4kZACDj74p6MofPGr4+JNb+r0oMzbJfMlYYah7FPWNHImHOY8 25bRIWUXT+lhdorRIGrzhl/BQYS9yWBeOa+6XEAC8r1uX0Bw58ESmD6+Rj1CdgQIqXpz cw/Suc2h6QYCtD/rCKJgxH6L0316orB7MIYfpQzfXK6Z2i6mgGpt8d+6QTG5sL5hcG4J f2TK4lp2PrpyIF60Q2xHaP0UOKpqA8TSmmA5W4uOGPKRcUyNw5Av6shooswqP93FX2r6 wuKjfoSPLzs/K12QYzpus2fZ8PAe6qCu9atkgxtzF3d/+EYPeCIPVl6ZN34DZbKu+hLK 5+Dg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=rEuinRX7MBxerWQ3qCLe+dfpgrizXo7Q+bVKBm/WNr4=; b=CPZbCYbIAwMlltr6Ms5DTkoUDQ+EuF/mkbFx5W84JF2LH77Qp5RM5MGxNDmAm9I+X4 4jEFeJ74lPmCKOSsjLHVJkydHCHplM+G8v4xnPw/Z2Gh9fOPHmAt/WXqJGWvhXMMZ+xc Wr7TUg8iPH6U284n7SX3vytvp8ewhCLOWE/bTbj1J0miSj9kY5dUO3VdZ4NX8RDWNPmB b4VMilzuhaVraNLHrITMfjugNIUA40W8UXC749Ibo7rPFT6EakZL3WZheL60Mtl4rFMd 2+THhtZgUMXHsAV4/rjuoRALwYxy5IP5wAn2K5cEehmkwu+imfcuJerMkSkq6xMZLlI/ fDEQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APt69E10SA1p4Sr1ejuCramEGB/g2bUbio5tiTF3N/IF+vE9Vf3Qhuy0 fIG6MBxfF3Qu1WwlJnC/eCRuiGMz1L/pv872l5qg2A== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADUXVKJ4P/ywQ3AKzEy1U0OF9Q/yJanzryMNIzhz5nJmlCdL9/zE9X11WGlWS3/gEqrh6aiue+FKqEfun7tANqtkglQ= X-Received: by 2002:a1c:2348:: with SMTP id j69-v6mr10235109wmj.112.1528141716055; Mon, 04 Jun 2018 12:48:36 -0700 (PDT) X-Mailinglist: alpine-user Precedence: list List-Id: Alpine Development List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:adf:8911:0:0:0:0:0 with HTTP; Mon, 4 Jun 2018 12:48:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: William Pitcock Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2018 14:48:35 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [alpine-user] Are all supported architectures little endian? To: ardi Cc: alpine-user@lists.alpinelinux.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Hello, On Sat, Jun 2, 2018 at 3:08 PM, ardi wrote: > Hi! > > I'd like to know if all architectures supported by Alpine Linux are > little endian, or if it can be installed to run as a big endian system > too (I'm asking this because, as a developer, I'd like to have a big > endian system for testing endian compatibility within my code). > > In case it only supports little endian architectures... is there any > technical reason for that choice? (I mean, maybe some core component > is not endian-safe?) Most architectures are little endian, but Alpine does run on IBM mainframes which are big endian. There is also a work in progress ppc64 port to compliment the ppc64le one. William --- Unsubscribe: alpine-user+unsubscribe@lists.alpinelinux.org Help: alpine-user+help@lists.alpinelinux.org ---