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    [PATCH] powerpc: Implement support for setting little-endian mode via prctl · fab5db97
    Paul Mackerras authored
    
    
    This adds the PowerPC part of the code to allow processes to change
    their endian mode via prctl.
    
    This also extends the alignment exception handler to be able to fix up
    alignment exceptions that occur in little-endian mode, both for
    "PowerPC" little-endian and true little-endian.
    
    We always enter signal handlers in big-endian mode -- the support for
    little-endian mode does not amount to the creation of a little-endian
    user/kernel ABI.  If the signal handler returns, the endian mode is
    restored to what it was when the signal was delivered.
    
    We have two new kernel CPU feature bits, one for PPC little-endian and
    one for true little-endian.  Most of the classic 32-bit processors
    support PPC little-endian, and this is reflected in the CPU feature
    table.  There are two corresponding feature bits reported to userland
    in the AT_HWCAP aux vector entry.
    
    This is based on an earlier patch by Anton Blanchard.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
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