When PPC Devices are Big-Endian
When all PPC devices are operating in big-endian mode, all data to/from
PCI must be swapped such that PCI looks big-endian from the PPC bus's
perspective. This is shown in the following figure.
D0
D7
D0
Figure 2-3. Big- to Little-Endian Data Swap
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D1
D2
D3
D4
D6
D5
D4
D3
D1
D2
D3
D4
D7
D6
D5
D3
D2
D1
Functional Description
D5
D6
D7
PPC Bus
D2
D1
D0
64-bit PCI
D5
D6
D7
PPC Bus
D4
32-bit PCI
D0
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