Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer
From: ifunltd@xs1.xs4all.nl (ifunltd)
Subject: Re: PowerPC <--> Transputer (Swapping of data)
Organization: XS4ALL, networking for the masses
Date: 1 Nov 1994 18:14:01 GMT
Message-ID: <3960h9$6m@news.xs4all.nl>

Uwe Honekamp (hone@mlap.fb14.uni-paderborn.de) wrote:
: Hi folks,

: there's something I would like to know:

: I'm writing code for a power TRAM and it seems a little
: bit strange to me that it is necessary to swap the bytes of a
: Transputer data object in order to use it by the MPC or vice versa.
: OK, MPC is big endian and Transputer is little endian but why did'nt
: Parsytec swap the data lines to the memory block. I mean: why didn't
: they connect the byte0-bits of the transputer to the byte3-location of 
: the shared memory? In this case  the hardware swapping  would do
: the job and it would be surely more efficient than the software solution.

so what happens with character arrays in this case ?

: Ok, this is not a vital question but I would like to kow the reason for
: that technical solution.

: Can anybody help me?

: Thanx

: Uwe



: +-----------------------------------------+
: | Uwe Honekamp, Uni-GH Paderborn, FB 10   |
: | Mechatronic Laboratory Paderborn (MLaP) |
: | hone@mlap.fb14.uni-paderborn.de         |
: | hone@iat.uni-paderborn.de               |
: +-----------------------------------------+

