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| author | rusty <rusty@0c8fb4dd-22a2-4bb5-bc14-6c75a5f43652> | 2013-10-31 22:48:46 +0000 |
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| committer | rusty <rusty@0c8fb4dd-22a2-4bb5-bc14-6c75a5f43652> | 2013-10-31 22:48:46 +0000 |
| commit | ba0bc5268bd656f7d7e6059946ea1ea3c7a32a3e (patch) | |
| tree | a1e82aba0284202bedef88154e54b31c7a76f4ab /virtio-v1.0-wd01-part1-specification.txt | |
| parent | a009ddd167d1e0d08979df8f7d4ed0736a4290f7 (diff) | |
virtqueue endian-ness
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>
git-svn-id: https://tools.oasis-open.org/version-control/svn/virtio@76 0c8fb4dd-22a2-4bb5-bc14-6c75a5f43652
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| -rw-r--r-- | virtio-v1.0-wd01-part1-specification.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/virtio-v1.0-wd01-part1-specification.txt b/virtio-v1.0-wd01-part1-specification.txt index 6b5d46e..849acd4 100644 --- a/virtio-v1.0-wd01-part1-specification.txt +++ b/virtio-v1.0-wd01-part1-specification.txt @@ -340,14 +340,12 @@ 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 ----------------------- |