Re: [gpsd-dev] ARM port problem in rtcm3.2 handling

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Hal!

On Wed, 20 Apr 2016 13:04:53 -0700
Hal Murray <address@hidden> wrote:

> >> I thought that Raspberry Pi was normal endianness.  
> > 'normal'?  Which is 'normal', big-, little-, or bi-endian?  
> 
> Normal is whatever Intel does.

Barf....

> > Since ARM is now bi-endian there are both big- and little-endian
> > Debian ports.   
> 
> Right.  I was specifically asking about the Raspberry Pi.

Which depending on your firmmware can be either way.  In our
case, Debian Wheezy/Jessie using armhf, it is same as Intel.

> Are there any other-endian distros available for the Pi?

Yes, Debian used to support both.

> In general, you don't get to change your endianness by a simple
> recompile.

Correct, endianness is set at boot time on the ARM.

RGDS
GARY
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