> We use gcc, and even though I tried on sparc64 I'd be surprised if mips port
   > does better with this regard. I also would argue because of driver which is used
   > for all ports.
   
   I'm very suspicious about talking code efficiency in this aspect since you cope
   with PCI devices (you're BE guy, right?)  By its definition, you cannot buy
   efficient codes.


hmm?  sparc64 might be big-endian but it can not only map regions of
memory as little endian, but it can access data in a little endian
fashion using a different instruction.

there is little to fear about PCI being LE on sparc64 wrt.


.mrg.