Re-enable use of these tools on big-endian machines. Al Stone diff -Naur acpica-unix2-20140424/source/compiler/aslmain.c acpica-unix2-20140424-patch/source/compiler/aslmain.c --- acpica-unix2-20140424/source/compiler/aslmain.c 2014-04-24 09:48:59.000000000 -0600 +++ acpica-unix2-20140424-patch/source/compiler/aslmain.c 2014-05-22 12:55:47.634904320 -0600 @@ -330,18 +330,6 @@ int ReturnStatus = 0; - /* - * Big-endian machines are not currently supported. ACPI tables must - * be little-endian, and support for big-endian machines needs to - * be implemented. - */ - if (AcpiIsBigEndianMachine ()) - { - fprintf (stderr, - "iASL is not currently supported on big-endian machines.\n"); - return (-1); - } - AcpiOsInitialize (); ACPI_DEBUG_INITIALIZE (); /* For debug version only */