MIPS ?
MIPS ?
Posted Sep 2, 2025 16:04 UTC (Tue) by wtarreau (subscriber, #51152)In reply to: MIPS ? by jrtc27
Parent article: The future of 32-bit support in the kernel
> On 64-bit big-endian though, the high bytes are in the first bytes in memory (...)
Yes definitely, that's the principle of endianness. Similarly when you read an in as a short you can get the wrong one, and so on. It's particularly common when dealing with port numbers for example.
For the 64-BE I'm using an old UltraSparc, it does the job pretty well and cannot stand unaligned accesses either. It's just used much less often as being more annoying to boot than a good old GL-iNet router that fits in your hand!