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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} |