From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2020 00:31:27 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] compat/bswap.h: simplify MSVC endianness detection
Message-ID: <20201110003127.GA1268480@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <20201108095739.23144-1-dgurney99@gmail.com>

On Sun, Nov 08, 2020 at 11:57:41AM +0200, Daniel Gurney wrote:

> Modern MSVC or Windows versions don't support big-endian, so it's
> unnecessary to consider architectures when using it.

This made me wonder if we support any non-modern versions (which would
be negatively impacted).

From the earlier thread at [1], it sounds like probably not, but I
wonder if we can offer a stronger argument there (or just define
"modern" a little more clearly).

-Peff

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/20201107224747.GF6252@camp.crustytoothpaste.net/