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Subject: [PATCH 2/6] virtqueue endian-ness
From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com> make all ring structures LE resolves VIRTIO-9 Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@au1.ibm.com> --- virtio-v1.0-wd01-part1-specification.txt | 8 +++----- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/virtio-v1.0-wd01-part1-specification.txt b/virtio-v1.0-wd01-part1-specification.txt index 8340c42..7a49d6d 100644 --- a/virtio-v1.0-wd01-part1-specification.txt +++ b/virtio-v1.0-wd01-part1-specification.txt @@ -308,14 +308,12 @@ The legacy virtqueue layout structure therefore looks like this: struct vring_used used; }; -2.1.4.1. A Note on Virtqueue Endianness +2.1.4.1. Legacy Interfaces: A Note on Virtqueue Endianness -------------------------------------- Note that the endian of fields and in the virtqueue is the native -endian of the guest, not little-endian as PCI normally is. This makes -for simpler guest code, and it is assumed that the host already has to -be deeply aware of the guest endian so such an “endian-aware” device -is not a significant issue. +endian of the guest, not little-endian as PCI normally is. +It is assumed that the host is already aware of the guest endian. 2.1.4.2. Message Framing ----------------------- -- 1.8.1.2
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