Re: [virtio-comment] virtio and endian-ness

["Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>]

On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 03:03:04PM +0100, Pawel Moll wrote:
> > However this must not be required by spec,
> > it must be possible to write a device that
> > implements both old and new spec.
> 
> I don't think so. It must be possible to write a driver that drivers
> both the old and the new specs. I don't see any value in making the
> device implementation more complicated. It provides a functionality of
> its (or rather: of the host's environment author) choice. Then it's
> guest's decision to use it or not.
> 
> Paweł
> 

That's exactly what I am saying.
A device should be able to implement both old
and new spec, or only the new spec.