From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11FB61F66F for ; Tue, 10 Nov 2020 00:31:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729493AbgKJAb2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Nov 2020 19:31:28 -0500 Received: from cloud.peff.net ([104.130.231.41]:52240 "EHLO cloud.peff.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1729243AbgKJAb2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Nov 2020 19:31:28 -0500 Received: (qmail 5215 invoked by uid 109); 10 Nov 2020 00:31:28 -0000 Received: from Unknown (HELO peff.net) (10.0.1.2) by cloud.peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.94) with ESMTP; Tue, 10 Nov 2020 00:31:28 +0000 Authentication-Results: cloud.peff.net; auth=none Received: (qmail 29327 invoked by uid 111); 10 Nov 2020 00:31:27 -0000 Received: from coredump.intra.peff.net (HELO sigill.intra.peff.net) (10.0.0.2) by peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.94) with (TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 encrypted) ESMTPS; Mon, 09 Nov 2020 19:31:27 -0500 Authentication-Results: peff.net; auth=none Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2020 19:31:27 -0500 From: Jeff King To: Daniel Gurney Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, sandals@crustytoothpaste.net, Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] compat/bswap.h: simplify MSVC endianness detection Message-ID: <20201110003127.GA1268480@coredump.intra.peff.net> References: <20201107234751.10661-1-dgurney99@gmail.com> <20201108095739.23144-1-dgurney99@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20201108095739.23144-1-dgurney99@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Nov 08, 2020 at 11:57:41AM +0200, Daniel Gurney wrote: > Modern MSVC or Windows versions don't support big-endian, so it's > unnecessary to consider architectures when using it. This made me wonder if we support any non-modern versions (which would be negatively impacted). >From the earlier thread at [1], it sounds like probably not, but I wonder if we can offer a stronger argument there (or just define "modern" a little more clearly). -Peff [1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/20201107224747.GF6252@camp.crustytoothpaste.net/