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+// Copyright 2018 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) PTE LTD
+// Copyright 2020 Francesco Giancane <francesco.giancane@accenture.com>
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+/*
+ * This is a compatibility header for <endian.h>.
+ * In xtensa-newlib distribution it is located in <machine/endian.h>
+ * but most program expect to be plain <endian.h>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef XTENSA_COMPAT_ENDIAN_H_INCLUDED
+#define XTENSA_COMPAT_ENDIAN_H_INCLUDED
+#include <machine/endian.h>
+#endif /* XTENSA_COMPAT_ENDIAN_H_INCLUDED */