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| author | mstsirkin <mstsirkin@0c8fb4dd-22a2-4bb5-bc14-6c75a5f43652> | 2014-03-02 21:34:39 +0000 |
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| committer | mstsirkin <mstsirkin@0c8fb4dd-22a2-4bb5-bc14-6c75a5f43652> | 2014-03-02 21:34:39 +0000 |
| commit | 2cb11d188e63028591336de27e212b55a19c5a7c (patch) | |
| tree | 2acc7b75a3ebd06628387d0ca576c40754a2a002 | |
| parent | f0b00693e76a3d90028c337e9f5546ab949c2ca3 (diff) | |
legacy: make note on legacy VQ endian-ness normative
Change accepted on VIRTIO TC Meeting, 3 December 2013
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
git-svn-id: https://tools.oasis-open.org/version-control/svn/virtio@291 0c8fb4dd-22a2-4bb5-bc14-6c75a5f43652
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/content.tex b/content.tex index cc0f363..15005fc 100644 --- a/content.tex +++ b/content.tex @@ -350,8 +350,11 @@ struct vring { \subsection{Legacy Interfaces: A Note on Virtqueue Endianness}\label{sec:Basic Facilities of a Virtio Device / Virtqueues / 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 specified by this standard. +Note that when using the legacy interface, transitional +devices and drivers MUST use the native +endian of the guest as the endian of fields and in the virtqueue. +This is opposed to little-endian for non-legacy interface as +specified by this standard. It is assumed that the host is already aware of the guest endian. \subsection{Message Framing}\label{sec:Basic Facilities of a Virtio Device / Virtqueues / Message Framing} |