virtio — archive

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

--- content.tex 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/content.tex b/content.tex index deee9e4..3e7dcfc 100644 --- a/content.tex +++ b/content.tex @@ -311,8 +311,11 @@ 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} -- MST