at least VAX are still little endian (was Re: Compaq and DECUS '99)

Tue Nov 23 20:36:32 PST 1999

"Chris K. Young" wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Nov 23, 1999 at 04:46:20PM -0800, Paul G. Allen wrote:
> !                                                                  I've heard
> ! Linux will also run on VAX.
> 
> Oh?  If there's VAX support, it's certainly not in the mainstream Linux
> kernel yet.
> 
> $ ls /emul/linux/usr/src/linux/arch     # Linux 2.2.13
> alpha   arm     i386    m68k    mips    ppc     sparc   sparc64
> 
> $ ls /usr/src/sys/arch                  # OpenBSD 2.6
> CVS     arc     hp300   kbus    mips    pc532   sparc   wgrisc
> alpha   arm32   hppa    m68k    mvme68k pmax    sun3
> amiga   atari   i386    mac68k  mvme88k powerpc vax
> 
> Make your own conclusions there. :-)
> 

Just 'cause I heard it does, doesn't mean it will. Of course there's nothing to
stop someone from attempting it. :)

PGA