So on x86-64 it's big endian?

assembly x86-64 endianness
kern picture kern · May 16, 2011 · Viewed 74k times · Source 
0x0000000000400507 <main+28>:    74 0c  je     0x400515 <main+42>
0x0000000000400509 <main+30>:    bf 28 06 40 00 mov    $0x400628,%edi

..

0x400507 <main+28>: 0x28bf0c74

Is my conclusion right?

Answer

linuts picture linuts · May 16, 2011

No, Intel CPUs are little endian: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endianness

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