Re: [patch/rfc] Eliminate TARGET_BYTE_ORDER_SELECTABLE

Daniel Jacobowitz
2002-01-19T14:47:17Z

On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 12:58:36AM -0500, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> Hello,
>
> All multi-arch targets (yep, including the i386) allow the byte order to
> be selected at run time. This means that the macro
> TARGET_BYTE_ORDER_SELECTABLE which was used by non-multi-arch targets is
> obsolete.
>
> The attached patch eliminates that macro. I've tested it on a
> multi-arch target and I don't think it breaks non-multi-arch targets.
>
> Anyway, I intend committing this in a few days.
> Andrew

Hmm, I don't know. Do we really want to do this? This allows, for
instance, 'set endian big' on i386. That may someday make someone
think that GDB supports such a beast, on the off chance one is ever
made.

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Daniel Jacobowitz Carnegie Mellon University
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