█▓▒░fran@konata░▒▓██▓▒░ ~% cat test.c
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void) {
  int num = 42;
  void * foo = &num;
  int * iptr = foo;
  short * sptr = foo;
  printf("%d = %d?\n", *iptr, *sptr);
  return 0;
}
█▓▒░fran@konata░▒▓██▓▒░ ~% mips-linux-gcc test.c -o test
█▓▒░fran@konata░▒▓██▓▒░ ~% scp test root@10.71.1.34:/tmp
test                                      100% 5678     5.5KB/s   00:00
█▓▒░fran@konata░▒▓██▓▒░ ~% file test
test: ELF 32-bit MSB executable, MIPS, MIPS32 version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), not stripped
█▓▒░fran@konata░▒▓██▓▒░ ~% ssh -x root@10.71.1.34 /tmp/test
42 = 0?
█▓▒░fran@konata░▒▓██▓▒░ ~% gcc test.c -o test
█▓▒░fran@konata░▒▓██▓▒░ ~% file test
test: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.26, not stripped
█▓▒░fran@konata░▒▓██▓▒░ ~% ./test
42 = 42?