Add isLittleEndianEncoding to InstrInfo class, defaults to `off'

llvm-svn: 16976

llvm/lib/Target/Target.td

@@ -170,6 +170,12 @@ class InstrInfo {
   //
   list<string> TSFlagsFields = [];
   list<int>    TSFlagsShifts = [];
+
+  // Target can specify its instructions in either big or little-endian formats.
+  // For instance, while both Sparc and PowerPC are big-endian platforms, the
+  // Sparc manual specifies its instructions in the format [31..0] (big), while
+  // PowerPC specifies them using the format [0..31] (little).
+  bit isLittleEndianEncoding = 0;
 }
 
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