#undef TYPE_UWORD
#undef TYPE_UDWORD
+/* find out the endianess of host machine */
+#if __BIG_ENDIAN__ || _BIG_ENDIAN
+/* 1) trust the compiler */
+#define WORDS_BIGENDIAN 1
+#elsif __LITTLE_ENDIAN__
+/* just in case ... */
#undef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+#elif (defined BYTE_ORDER && defined BIG_ENDIAN && defined LITTLE_ENDIAN && BYTE_ORDER && BIG_ENDIAN && LITTLE_ENDIAN)
+/* 2) trust the header files */
+# if BYTE_ORDER == BIG_ENDIAN
+# define WORDS_BIGENDIAN 1
+# endif
+#else
+/* 3) assume that host machine has the same endianess as the build machine */
+# undef BUILD_WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+# if (defined BUILD_WORDS_BIGENDIAN && BUILD_WORDS_BIGENDIAN)
+# define WORDS_BIGENDIAN 1
+/* 4) assume that host is a little endian machine */
+#endif
#undef OPT_DISABLE_MCS51
#undef OPT_DISABLE_GBZ80