[U-Boot-Users] Configuring U-Boot for MPC8349E in little endian mode

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Wed Apr 30 17:45:23 CEST 2008


In message <47230CE166B64744B0120173E4C2161E04D531CF at BLR-EC-MBX01.wipro.com> you wrote:
>
> We are using MPC8349E based board in big endian mode. It is working fine
> with U-Boot 1.1.3 .

Yes. Big endian is the natural byte order for PowerPC.

> Now due to some reason we have to configure 8349E in little endian mode.

Don't. You're on the road to trouble. Stop now.

Figure out what "some reason" is, and how to  solve  it  differently,
i. e. in a sane way.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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