# ============================================================================== # http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/ax_c_float_words_bigendian.html # ============================================================================== # # SYNOPSIS # # AX_C_FLOAT_WORDS_BIGENDIAN([ACTION-IF-TRUE], [ACTION-IF-FALSE], [ACTION-IF-UNKNOWN]) # # DESCRIPTION # # Checks the ordering of words within a multi-word float. This check is # necessary because on some systems (e.g. certain ARM systems), the float # word ordering can be different from the byte ordering. In a multi-word # float context, "big-endian" implies that the word containing the sign # bit is found in the memory location with the lowest address. This # implemenation was inspired by the AC_C_BIGENDIAN macro in autoconf. # # The endianess is detected by first compiling C code that contains a # special double float value, then grepping the resulting object file for # certain strings of ASCII values. The double is specially crafted to have # a binary representation that corresponds with a simple string. In this # implementation, the string "noonsees" was selected because the # individual word values ("noon" and "sees") are palindromes, thus making # this test byte-order agnostic. If grep finds the string "noonsees" in # the object file, the target platform stores float words in big-endian # order. If grep finds "seesnoon", float words are in little-endian order. # If neither value is found, the user is instructed to specify the # ordering. # # LICENSE # # Copyright (c) 2008 Daniel Amelang # # Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are # permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice # and this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is, without any # warranty. #serial 7 AC_DEFUN([AX_C_FLOAT_WORDS_BIGENDIAN], [AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether float word ordering is bigendian, ax_cv_c_float_words_bigendian, [ ax_cv_c_float_words_bigendian=unknown AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[ double d = 90904234967036810337470478905505011476211692735615632014797120844053488865816695273723469097858056257517020191247487429516932130503560650002327564517570778480236724525140520121371739201496540132640109977779420565776568942592.0; ]])], [ if grep noonsees conftest.$ac_objext >/dev/null ; then ax_cv_c_float_words_bigendian=yes fi if grep seesnoon conftest.$ac_objext >/dev/null ; then if test "$ax_cv_c_float_words_bigendian" = unknown; then ax_cv_c_float_words_bigendian=no else ax_cv_c_float_words_bigendian=unknown fi fi ])]) case $ax_cv_c_float_words_bigendian in yes) m4_default([$1], [AC_DEFINE([FLOAT_WORDS_BIGENDIAN], 1, [Define to 1 if your system stores words within floats with the most significant word first])]) ;; no) $2 ;; *) m4_default([$3], [AC_MSG_ERROR([ Unknown float word ordering. You need to manually preset ax_cv_c_float_words_bigendian=no (or yes) according to your system. ])]) ;; esac ])# AX_C_FLOAT_WORDS_BIGENDIAN