--- /dev/null
+From 16734feab4204d6930c1ede62e527920607daace Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Al Stone <ahs3@redhat.com>
+Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 16:27:06 -0600
+Subject: [PATCH 04/45] Re-enable support for big-endian machines
+
+First, disable the big-endian check and fail. Then, make sure the
+namespace gets initialized properly (NB: needed even if we are only
+compiling/disassembling data tables).
+
+Signed-off-by: Al Stone <ahs3@redhat.com>
+---
+ source/compiler/aslmain.c | 12 ------------
+ source/components/namespace/nsutils.c | 7 +++++--
+ 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
+
+Index: acpica-unix2-20220331/source/compiler/aslmain.c
+===================================================================
+--- acpica-unix2-20220331.orig/source/compiler/aslmain.c
++++ acpica-unix2-20220331/source/compiler/aslmain.c
+@@ -101,18 +101,6 @@ main (
+
+ signal (SIGINT, AslSignalHandler);
+
+- /*
+- * Big-endian machines are not currently supported. ACPI tables must
+- * be little-endian, and support for big-endian machines needs to
+- * be implemented.
+- */
+- if (UtIsBigEndianMachine ())
+- {
+- fprintf (stderr,
+- "iASL is not currently supported on big-endian machines.\n");
+- return (-1);
+- }
+-
+ AcpiOsInitialize ();
+ ACPI_DEBUG_INITIALIZE (); /* For debug version only */
+
+Index: acpica-unix2-20220331/source/components/namespace/nsutils.c
+===================================================================
+--- acpica-unix2-20220331.orig/source/components/namespace/nsutils.c
++++ acpica-unix2-20220331/source/components/namespace/nsutils.c
+@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ AcpiNsBuildInternalName (
+ const char *ExternalName = Info->NextExternalChar;
+ char *Result = NULL;
+ UINT32 i;
++ char TmpSeg[ACPI_NAMESEG_SIZE+1];
+
+
+ ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE (NsBuildInternalName);
+@@ -335,6 +336,7 @@ AcpiNsBuildInternalName (
+
+ for (; NumSegments; NumSegments--)
+ {
++ memset (TmpSeg, 0, ACPI_NAMESEG_SIZE+1);
+ for (i = 0; i < ACPI_NAMESEG_SIZE; i++)
+ {
+ if (ACPI_IS_PATH_SEPARATOR (*ExternalName) ||
+@@ -342,16 +344,17 @@ AcpiNsBuildInternalName (
+ {
+ /* Pad the segment with underscore(s) if segment is short */
+
+- Result[i] = '_';
++ TmpSeg[i] = '_';
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ /* Convert the character to uppercase and save it */
+
+- Result[i] = (char) toupper ((int) *ExternalName);
++ TmpSeg[i] = (char) toupper ((int) *ExternalName);
+ ExternalName++;
+ }
+ }
++ AcpiUtWriteUint (Result, ACPI_NAMESEG_SIZE, TmpSeg, ACPI_NAMESEG_SIZE);
+
+ /* Now we must have a path separator, or the pathname is bad */
+