[OASIS Issue Tracker] Updated: (VIRTIO-9) Change config space, ring and headers to always be little endian

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Michael Tsirkin updated VIRTIO-9:
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    Proposal: 
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> Change config space, ring and headers to always be little endian
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>                 Key: VIRTIO-9
>                 URL: http://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/browse/VIRTIO-9
>             Project: OASIS Virtual I/O Device (VIRTIO) TC
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>            Reporter: Rusty Russell
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> They are currently guest-endian, and it's been a source of confusion and pain (esp. for architectures which can switch endian!).
> There remains a question mark on virtio-ccw performance implications, but it's probably better to go LE everywhere than per-transport.

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