| 摘要 |
In a computer system having a plurality of modules connected by a bus, wherein the plurality of modules includes a first module and wherein the system has a word width of two or more bytes, a system and method of byte swapping bytes within a word stored in a location on the first module. An address is constructed, wherein constructing an address includes inserting address bits pointing to the location and activating an attribute bit in the address indicating whether bytes within the word should be swapped. The address is driven on the bus and received at the first module. If the attribute bit is active, byte swapping the word.
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