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Re: utmp
- From: Dan HorÃk <dan at danny dot cz>
- To: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2016 11:09:47 +0200
- Subject: Re: utmp
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On Wed, 29 Jun 2016 09:03:18 +0200
Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de> wrote:
> Albert ARIBAUD <albert.aribaud@3adev.fr> writes:
>
> > - the utmp file structure should not depend on architecture word
> > size or, ideally, endianness.
>
> Endianness is not an issue as you cannot run LE and BE at the same
> time.
AFAIK the Linux kernel for POWER technically supports that, running
both BE and LE processes at the same time.
Dan