About big endian and little endian
ref :http://www.debian.org/ports/mips/
How to identify which endianness are you used. You can to see your toolchain on folder.
The big endian mode that file name should be "misp??-gcc"; the little endian mode that file name should be "mips??el-gcc" or "mips??-elf-gcc".
Data : 0x12345678
Address : 0x00 0x01 0x02 0x03
Big endian : 0x12 0x34 0x56 0x78
Little endian : 0x78 0x56 0x34 0x12
How to identify which endianness are you used. You can to see your toolchain on folder.
The big endian mode that file name should be "misp??-gcc"; the little endian mode that file name should be "mips??el-gcc" or "mips??-elf-gcc".
Data : 0x12345678
Address : 0x00 0x01 0x02 0x03
Big endian : 0x12 0x34 0x56 0x78
Little endian : 0x78 0x56 0x34 0x12