RFC: Host-endian device tree format

[Grant Likely]

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 9:05 AM, Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre at linaro.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Jan 2011, Grant Likely wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 8:41 AM, Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre at linaro.org> wrote:
>> > On Wed, 19 Jan 2011, Dave Martin wrote:
>> >> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 1:41 PM, Grant Likely <grant.likely at secretlab.ca> wrote:
>> >> > The dtb isn't so much bigendian as it is network byte order.
>> >>
>> >> (For me, "network byte order" is a euphemism ... <insert
>> >> unconstructive rant here>)
>> >
>> > I concur.
>>
>> meh. it's all about conventions.  When talking about external data, it
>> is far more important for everyone to agree on the same representation
>> than it is to tailor to each platforms preferences.
>
> Exactly what I said, using different words.
>
>> That said, rant
>> away!  I love a good tangent.
>
> The actual problem is not that DT chose to use big endian ordering, but
> rather that BE ordering was invented in the first place.  ;-)

hahahahaha

g.


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