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+//
+// Solaris version of
+// osdWireConfig.h
+//
+//	Author Jeffrey O. Hill
+//	johill@lanl.gov
+//
+
+#ifndef osdWireConfig_h
+#define osdWireConfig_h
+
+#include <sys/isa_defs.h>
+
+#if _LITTLE_ENDIAN
+#	define EPICS_BYTE_ORDER EPICS_ENDIAN_LITTLE
+#elif _BIG_ENDIAN
+#	define EPICS_BYTE_ORDER EPICS_ENDIAN_BIG
+#else
+#   error EPICS hasn’t been ported to byte order specified by <sys/isa_defs.h> on Solaris
+#endif
+
+// for now, assume that Solaris doesnt run on weird arch like ARM NWFP
+#define EPICS_FLOAT_WORD_ORDER EPICS_BYTE_ORDER
+
+#endif // ifdef osdWireConfig_h