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Endianness in the Solaris Operating Environment

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Abstract:

This document is a white paper on endianness.

Table of Contents

Endianness in the Solaris Environment

Introduction

What Is Endianness?
Overview

Avoiding Endianness Assumptions

Application Problems

Imported Data
Software Solutions
Hardware Solutions to the Shared Memory Problem

Device Drivers and Endianness

The Issue
The Solaris Solution

Operating Systems and Bi-Endian Architectures


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