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+From 9a225e7d4fb1de5c99c6b5b17cae2fc4c2d1c59a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Alexey Brodkin <abrodkin@synopsys.com>
+Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 11:59:14 +0300
+Subject: [PATCH] Add support of ARC
+
+Synopsys DesignWare ARC Processors are a family of 32-bit CPUs
+which in some configurations may run Linux kernel and full stack
+of applications on top of it. Among other things is Python.
+
+With that change we allow building and usage of Numpy on ARC.
+
+Signed-off-by: Alexey Brodkin <abrodkin@synopsys.com>
+---
+ numpy/core/include/numpy/npy_cpu.h | 6 ++++++
+ numpy/core/include/numpy/npy_endian.h | 6 ++++--
+ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/numpy/core/include/numpy/npy_cpu.h b/numpy/core/include/numpy/npy_cpu.h
+index 60abae4e0b0e..84653ea183ce 100644
+--- a/numpy/core/include/numpy/npy_cpu.h
++++ b/numpy/core/include/numpy/npy_cpu.h
+@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
+ * NPY_CPU_ARMEB
+ * NPY_CPU_SH_LE
+ * NPY_CPU_SH_BE
++ * NPY_CPU_ARCEL
++ * NPY_CPU_ARCEB
+ */
+ #ifndef _NPY_CPUARCH_H_
+ #define _NPY_CPUARCH_H_
+@@ -76,6 +78,10 @@
+ #define NPY_CPU_AARCH64
+ #elif defined(__mc68000__)
+ #define NPY_CPU_M68K
++#elif defined(__arc__) && defined(__LITTLE_ENDIAN__)
++ #define NPY_CPU_ARCEL
++#elif defined(__arc__) && defined(__BIG_ENDIAN__)
++ #define NPY_CPU_ARCEB
+ #else
+ #error Unknown CPU, please report this to numpy maintainers with \
+ information about your platform (OS, CPU and compiler)
+diff --git a/numpy/core/include/numpy/npy_endian.h b/numpy/core/include/numpy/npy_endian.h
+index e34b1d97e655..1a42121db92e 100644
+--- a/numpy/core/include/numpy/npy_endian.h
++++ b/numpy/core/include/numpy/npy_endian.h
+@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@
+ || defined(NPY_CPU_AARCH64) \
+ || defined(NPY_CPU_SH_LE) \
+ || defined(NPY_CPU_MIPSEL) \
+- || defined(NPY_CPU_PPC64LE)
++ || defined(NPY_CPU_PPC64LE) \
++ || defined(NPY_CPU_ARCEL)
+ #define NPY_BYTE_ORDER NPY_LITTLE_ENDIAN
+ #elif defined(NPY_CPU_PPC) \
+ || defined(NPY_CPU_SPARC) \
+@@ -56,7 +57,8 @@
+ || defined(NPY_CPU_SH_BE) \
+ || defined(NPY_CPU_MIPSEB) \
+ || defined(NPY_CPU_OR1K) \
+- || defined(NPY_CPU_M68K)
++ || defined(NPY_CPU_M68K) \
++ || defined(NPY_CPU_ARCEB)
+ #define NPY_BYTE_ORDER NPY_BIG_ENDIAN
+ #else
+ #error Unknown CPU: can not set endianness
+--
+2.7.5
+