On Sat, 04 Mar 1995 11:16:35 -0600 
 Randy Terbush <randy@zyzzyva.com> wrote:

 > Assuming this is a bit order restriction, and further assuming that
 > the COMPAT_SUNOS option would even compile on i386, could it be
 > a simple matter of converting the bit order?

Nah...all the compat code does is DTRT with the syscalls and ioctls, etc. 
used in the binaries from the other OS...I don't think anyone's embarked 
on emulating a sparc or m68k chip in the kernel... :-)

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