upgrade on AIX to E-server or P-server

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Dennis Malen (Fri, 18 Nov 2005 15:16:46 -0500):

> Ken,
>
> How do I determine if  the new server is little-endian?
[...]
> > If the new system is little-endian (as opposed to the RS/6000's big-
> > endian architecture), then swapcpu can be used to convert the files.

One way is to determine which CPU the system uses, and the find out
what endedness that chip uses.

Another would be to test it directly:

#include <stdio.h>

main()
    {
    long l = 0x11223344;
    char *pt = (char *)&l;

    printf("%02x %02x %02x %02x\n",pt[0],pt[1],pt[2],pt[3]);
    }

If you get "11 22 33 44", it's big-endian.  If you get "44 33 22 11",
it's little-endian.  (If you get "33 44 11 22", it's a PDP-11.)

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