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-rw-r--r--virtio-v1.0-wd01-part1-specification.txt8
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
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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
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