Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 23 Apr 2002 13:16:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 23 Apr 2002 13:16:29 -0400 Received: from exchange.macrolink.com ([64.173.88.99]:42769 "EHLO exchange.macrolink.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 23 Apr 2002 13:16:27 -0400 Message-ID: <11E89240C407D311958800A0C9ACF7D13A77B0@EXCHANGE> From: Ed Vance To: "'James L Peterson'" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" Subject: RE: PowerPC Linux and PCI Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 10:16:16 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org James L Peterson wrote: > > "David S. Miller" wrote: > > > > An important point to mention is that big endian systems need to do > > byte twisting in the PCI controller for all the byte-lane issues to > > work out properly. > > What does this mean? This suggests that PCI controller for > big-endian systems are not interchangeable with PCI controllers > for little-endian systems, because the controller itself does > byte swapping (is that what you mean by "byte twisting"?) I think David's reference is to the system's PCI subsystem/interface rather than to the PCI cards plugged into it. Ed Vance ---------------------------------------------------------------- Ed Vance edv@macrolink.com Macrolink, Inc. 1500 N. Kellogg Dr Anaheim, CA 92807 ---------------------------------------------------------------- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/