Here is a release note item for big endian support on tilegx. Ok to commit once that change is approved?
--- gcc-4.9/changes.html 28 Jan 2014 23:57:49 -0000 1.54 +++ gcc-4.9/changes.html 30 Jan 2014 20:46:32 -0000 @@ -494,6 +494,12 @@ auto incr = [](auto x) { return x++; }; will result in a warning and will not influence code generation.</li> </ul> +<h3 id="tilegx">TILE-Gx</h3> + + <ul> + <li>Added support for big endian.</li> + </ul> + <!-- <h2>Documentation improvements</h2> -->