Hey, <br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp; Sorry, having problems with internet or else I&#39;d ask this on IRC.&nbsp; I was curious as to why the emphasis on little-endian mode in powerpc.&nbsp; Mac G5&#39;s don&#39;t even have le-mode, and it definitely seems that (although im not totally sure, as theres not much info out in the wild yet) that the XBox360 lacks le-mode as well.&nbsp; Also, on the processors that support le-mode, it seems in all cases (although theres probably some embedded guy that I&#39;m missing : P) that do support it, it&#39;s selectable at the minimum at the user/supervisor level with only a bit of work.&nbsp; Perhaps eventually a thunking layer (maybe a part of NTVDM, would it need to be that complex?) that would translate the calls from le usermode to a be kernel could be written, allowing one to run NT-PPC applications that are out there.&nbsp; We wouldn&#39;t be able to load drivers (or any le kernel code), but are there actually any PPC drivers out in the wild?&nbsp; Plus, it seems that it would definitely be a good thing for the kernel source to be tested&nbsp; on multiple endians as early as possible in its development to ease porting later on.
<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp; ~ Tristan Miller<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (monocasa)<br>