System and method for operating in endian independent mode

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory – Address formation – Address mapping

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C711S217000, C712S229000

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06895489

ABSTRACT:
The present system and method allows for a memory location, typically a system event register, present in a processor to be accessed as either big or little endian mode, depending on an operating system (OS) accessible bit for endian selection. The OS type is determined at boot time.

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