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Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 15:13:51 +1000
From: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add prctl to change endian of a task
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David S. Miller writes:

> Doesn't PPC have a PTE bit that does endian swapping?  Wouldn't
> that be easier to use for something like qemu?

Some embedded PPC chips do, but most PPCs don't.

Paul.