[GHC] #7902: Add support for byte endianness swapping exposed as a primops

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#7902: Add support for byte endianness swapping exposed as a primops
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  Reporter:  tab                          |          Owner:                  
      Type:  feature request              |         Status:  new             
  Priority:  normal                       |      Milestone:                  
 Component:  Compiler                     |        Version:  7.7             
Resolution:                               |       Keywords:  bswap endianness
        Os:  Unknown/Multiple             |   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
   Failure:  None/Unknown                 |     Difficulty:  Unknown         
  Testcase:  codeGen/should_run/cgrun072  |      Blockedby:                  
  Blocking:                               |        Related:                  
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Comment(by simonpj):

 Does an "incremental" patch mean that it's work in progress for other
 interested parties to look at; or that it's finished and you think it
 should be merged?  If the latter, what remains to be done, and why not do
 that first?

 Thanks for doing this!

 Simon

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