Appeal No. 1999-0041
Application 08/475,669
memory, said memory being divided into a
plurality of storage aggregates, said plurality of
storage aggregates containing data, said data
including big endian data and little endian data,
said plurality of storage aggregates including
markings, said markings indicating whether said
storage aggregates contain data formatted as big
endian data or contain data formatted as little
endian data, said memory comprising big endian
programs and little endian programs, said big endian
programs executing as said big endian tasks and said
little endian programs executing as said little
endian tasks, said tasks executing on a task-for-
task basis directly on said conventional biendian
[sic] processor;
a memory management mechanism, said memory
management mechanism using said markings to allow
said big endian programs to share said big endian
data with said little endian programs.
19. A computer-implemented method for sharing data
between big endian programs and little endian
programs, said big endian programs executing as big
endian tasks, said little endian programs executing
as little endian tasks, said big endian tasks and
said little endian tasks executing a processor on a
task-for-task basis, said method comprising the
steps of:
attempting to access data contained in memory,
said data being contained in a storage aggregate
within said memory, said storage aggregate being
marked to indicate a particular endian format type,
said attempting step being performed by a task of a
particular endian type;
determining whether said data's particular
endian type is the same as that of said task;
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