Endian Issues - Motorola MVME2600 Series Reference Manual
Mvme2600/2700 series single board computer
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Also See for MVME2600 Series:
- Installation and use manual (198 pages) ,
- Installation and use manual (20 pages) ,
- Programmer's reference manual (20 pages)
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Endian Issues
Endian Issues
The MVME2600/2700 series suppors both little endian software (e.g. NT)
and big-endian software (e.g. AIX). Because the PowerPC processor is
inherently big endian, PCI is inherently little-endian, and the VMEbus is
big endian, things do get rather confusing. The following figures shows
how the MVME2600/2700 series handle the endian issue in big-endian
and little-endian modes:
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