> Is it sure the Siemens has MIPEL?  I have such an impression that
    > SINIX is a RISCos descendant, the MIPSEB.
   
   GCC seems to generate little-endian code by default for SINIX configs...


i tried to port gcc to one of these boxes about 9 years ago (failed
miserably - it was my first real attempt to do anything with gcc) and
i recall them being little endian, yeah...  sinix must be the worst
unix i ever had to deal with.  as i recall the hardware has a "sash"
(stand alone shell) somewhere in the boot process.  there was something
before this and maybe something after it.  too long ago and it was too
strange to remember...


good luck!