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+// Copyright 2005 Caleb Epstein
+// Copyright 2006 John Maddock
+// Copyright 2010 Rene Rivera
+// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompany-
+// ing file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 1997
+ * Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, Inc.
+ *
+ * Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell this software
+ * and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee,
+ * provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and
+ * that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear
+ * in supporting documentation.  Silicon Graphics makes no
+ * representations about the suitability of this software for any
+ * purpose.  It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright notice reproduced from <ndnboost/detail/limits.hpp>, from
+ * which this code was originally taken.
+ *
+ * Modified by Caleb Epstein to use <endian.h> with GNU libc and to
+ * defined the BOOST_ENDIAN macro.
+ */
+
+#ifndef BOOST_DETAIL_ENDIAN_HPP
+#define BOOST_DETAIL_ENDIAN_HPP
+
+//
+// Special cases come first:
+//
+#if defined (__GLIBC__)
+// GNU libc offers the helpful header <endian.h> which defines
+// __BYTE_ORDER
+# include <endian.h>
+# if (__BYTE_ORDER == __LITTLE_ENDIAN)
+#  define BOOST_LITTLE_ENDIAN
+# elif (__BYTE_ORDER == __BIG_ENDIAN)
+#  define BOOST_BIG_ENDIAN
+# elif (__BYTE_ORDER == __PDP_ENDIAN)
+#  define BOOST_PDP_ENDIAN
+# else
+#  error Unknown machine endianness detected.
+# endif
+# define BOOST_BYTE_ORDER __BYTE_ORDER
+
+#elif defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__FreeBSD__) || \
+    defined(__OpenBSD__) || (__DragonFly__)
+//
+// BSD has endian.h, see https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/6013
+#  if defined(__OpenBSD__)
+#  include <machine/endian.h>
+#  else
+#  include <sys/endian.h>
+#  endif
+# if (_BYTE_ORDER == _LITTLE_ENDIAN)
+#  define BOOST_LITTLE_ENDIAN
+# elif (_BYTE_ORDER == _BIG_ENDIAN)
+#  define BOOST_BIG_ENDIAN
+# elif (_BYTE_ORDER == _PDP_ENDIAN)
+#  define BOOST_PDP_ENDIAN
+# else
+#  error Unknown machine endianness detected.
+# endif
+# define BOOST_BYTE_ORDER _BYTE_ORDER
+
+#elif defined( __ANDROID__ )
+// Adroid specific code, see: https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/7528
+// Here we can use machine/_types.h, see:
+// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6212951/endianness-of-android-ndk
+# include "machine/_types.h"
+# ifdef __ARMEB__
+#  define BOOST_BIG_ENDIAN
+#  define BOOST_BYTE_ORDER 4321
+# else
+#  define BOOST_LITTLE_ENDIAN
+#  define BOOST_BYTE_ORDER 1234
+# endif // __ARMEB__
+
+#elif defined( _XBOX )
+//
+// XBox is always big endian??
+//
+# define BOOST_BIG_ENDIAN
+# define BOOST_BYTE_ORDER 4321
+
+#elif defined(_BIG_ENDIAN) && !defined(_LITTLE_ENDIAN) || \
+    defined(__BIG_ENDIAN__) && !defined(__LITTLE_ENDIAN__) || \
+    defined(__BIGENDIAN__) && !defined(__LITTLEENDIAN__) || \
+    defined(_STLP_BIG_ENDIAN) && !defined(_STLP_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
+# define BOOST_BIG_ENDIAN
+# define BOOST_BYTE_ORDER 4321
+#elif defined(_LITTLE_ENDIAN) && !defined(_BIG_ENDIAN) || \
+    defined(__LITTLE_ENDIAN__) && !defined(__BIG_ENDIAN__) || \
+    defined(__LITTLEENDIAN__) && !defined(__BIGENDIAN__) || \
+    defined(_STLP_LITTLE_ENDIAN) && !defined(_STLP_BIG_ENDIAN)
+# define BOOST_LITTLE_ENDIAN
+# define BOOST_BYTE_ORDER 1234
+#elif defined(__sparc) || defined(__sparc__) \
+   || defined(_POWER) || defined(__powerpc__) \
+   || defined(__ppc__) || defined(__hpux) || defined(__hppa) \
+   || defined(_MIPSEB) || defined(_POWER) \
+   || defined(__s390__) || defined(__ARMEB__)
+# define BOOST_BIG_ENDIAN
+# define BOOST_BYTE_ORDER 4321
+#elif defined(__i386__) || defined(__alpha__) \
+   || defined(__ia64) || defined(__ia64__) \
+   || defined(_M_IX86) || defined(_M_IA64) \
+   || defined(_M_ALPHA) || defined(__amd64) \
+   || defined(__amd64__) || defined(_M_AMD64) \
+   || defined(__x86_64) || defined(__x86_64__) \
+   || defined(_M_X64) || defined(__bfin__) \
+   || defined(__ARMEL__) \
+   || (defined(_WIN32) && defined(__ARM__) && defined(_MSC_VER)) // ARM Windows CE don't define anything reasonably unique, but there are no big-endian Windows versions 
+
+# define BOOST_LITTLE_ENDIAN
+# define BOOST_BYTE_ORDER 1234
+#else
+# error The file boost/detail/endian.hpp needs to be set up for your CPU type.
+#endif
+
+
+#endif
+