# - Define macro to determine endian type # Check if the system is big endian or little endian # TEST_BIG_ENDIAN(VARIABLE) # VARIABLE - variable to store the result to # #============================================================================= # Copyright 2002-2009 Kitware, Inc. # # Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD License (the "License"); # see accompanying file Copyright.txt for details. # # This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the # implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. # See the License for more information. #============================================================================= # (To distribute this file outside of CMake, substitute the full # License text for the above reference.) macro(TEST_BIG_ENDIAN VARIABLE) if("HAVE_${VARIABLE}" MATCHES "^HAVE_${VARIABLE}$") message(STATUS "Check if the system is big endian") message(STATUS "Searching 16 bit integer") include(CheckTypeSize) CHECK_TYPE_SIZE("unsigned short" CMAKE_SIZEOF_UNSIGNED_SHORT) if(CMAKE_SIZEOF_UNSIGNED_SHORT EQUAL 2) message(STATUS "Using unsigned short") set(CMAKE_16BIT_TYPE "unsigned short") else(CMAKE_SIZEOF_UNSIGNED_SHORT EQUAL 2) CHECK_TYPE_SIZE("unsigned int" CMAKE_SIZEOF_UNSIGNED_INT) if(CMAKE_SIZEOF_UNSIGNED_INT) message(STATUS "Using unsigned int") set(CMAKE_16BIT_TYPE "unsigned int") else(CMAKE_SIZEOF_UNSIGNED_INT) CHECK_TYPE_SIZE("unsigned long" CMAKE_SIZEOF_UNSIGNED_LONG) if(CMAKE_SIZEOF_UNSIGNED_LONG) message(STATUS "Using unsigned long") set(CMAKE_16BIT_TYPE "unsigned long") else(CMAKE_SIZEOF_UNSIGNED_LONG) message(FATAL_ERROR "no suitable type found") endif(CMAKE_SIZEOF_UNSIGNED_LONG) endif(CMAKE_SIZEOF_UNSIGNED_INT) endif(CMAKE_SIZEOF_UNSIGNED_SHORT EQUAL 2) configure_file("${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/TestEndianess.c.in" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/CMakeTmp/TestEndianess.c" IMMEDIATE @ONLY) file(READ "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/CMakeTmp/TestEndianess.c" TEST_ENDIANESS_FILE_CONTENT) try_compile(HAVE_${VARIABLE} "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/CMakeTmp/TestEndianess.c" OUTPUT_VARIABLE OUTPUT COPY_FILE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/TestEndianess.bin" ) if(HAVE_${VARIABLE}) file(STRINGS "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/TestEndianess.bin" CMAKE_TEST_ENDIANESS_STRINGS_LE LIMIT_COUNT 1 REGEX "THIS IS LITTLE ENDIAN") file(STRINGS "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/TestEndianess.bin" CMAKE_TEST_ENDIANESS_STRINGS_BE LIMIT_COUNT 1 REGEX "THIS IS BIG ENDIAN") # on mac, if there are universal binaries built both will be true # return the result depending on the machine on which cmake runs if(CMAKE_TEST_ENDIANESS_STRINGS_BE AND CMAKE_TEST_ENDIANESS_STRINGS_LE) if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES powerpc) set(CMAKE_TEST_ENDIANESS_STRINGS_BE TRUE) set(CMAKE_TEST_ENDIANESS_STRINGS_LE FALSE) else(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES powerpc) set(CMAKE_TEST_ENDIANESS_STRINGS_BE FALSE) set(CMAKE_TEST_ENDIANESS_STRINGS_LE TRUE) endif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES powerpc) message(STATUS "TEST_BIG_ENDIAN found different results, consider setting CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES or CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES to one or no architecture !") endif(CMAKE_TEST_ENDIANESS_STRINGS_BE AND CMAKE_TEST_ENDIANESS_STRINGS_LE) if(CMAKE_TEST_ENDIANESS_STRINGS_LE) set(${VARIABLE} 0 CACHE INTERNAL "Result of TEST_BIG_ENDIAN" FORCE) message(STATUS "Check if the system is big endian - little endian") endif(CMAKE_TEST_ENDIANESS_STRINGS_LE) if(CMAKE_TEST_ENDIANESS_STRINGS_BE) set(${VARIABLE} 1 CACHE INTERNAL "Result of TEST_BIG_ENDIAN" FORCE) message(STATUS "Check if the system is big endian - big endian") endif(CMAKE_TEST_ENDIANESS_STRINGS_BE) if(NOT CMAKE_TEST_ENDIANESS_STRINGS_BE AND NOT CMAKE_TEST_ENDIANESS_STRINGS_LE) message(SEND_ERROR "TEST_BIG_ENDIAN found no result!") endif(NOT CMAKE_TEST_ENDIANESS_STRINGS_BE AND NOT CMAKE_TEST_ENDIANESS_STRINGS_LE) file(APPEND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/CMakeError.log "Determining if the system is big endian passed with the following output:\n${OUTPUT}\nTestEndianess.c:\n${TEST_ENDIANESS_FILE_CONTENT}\n\n") else(HAVE_${VARIABLE}) message(STATUS "Check if the system is big endian - failed") file(APPEND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/CMakeError.log "Determining if the system is big endian failed with the following output:\n${OUTPUT}\nTestEndianess.c:\n${TEST_ENDIANESS_FILE_CONTENT}\n\n") set(${VARIABLE}) endif(HAVE_${VARIABLE}) endif("HAVE_${VARIABLE}" MATCHES "^HAVE_${VARIABLE}$") endmacro(TEST_BIG_ENDIAN)