On Thu, 06 Feb 2014 12:53:22 +1030
Rusty Russell <> wrote:
> Cornelia Huck <> writes:
> > On Sun, 2 Feb 2014 18:27:26 +0200
> > "Michael S. Tsirkin" <> wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 03:25:31PM +1030, Rusty Russell wrote:
> >> Sounds good, let's do that. And let's add a comment
> >> where we define leXX.
> >
> > https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/virtio/201401/msg00089.html adds
> > definitions for leXX types, among other things.
>
> Yes, I assume that will pass at the next meeting, then we can extend
> it. It's actually hard to do in a meaningful way. Here's my attempt:
>
> \item[le16, le32, le64] An unsigend integer of the specified length in bits,
> in little-endian byte order. (Those implementing legacy compatibility
> should be aware that most little-endian fields were native-endian in
> earlier drafts: see \ref{sec:Basic Facilities of a Virtio Device /
> Feature Bits / Legacy Interface: A Note on transitions from earlier
> drafts}).
>
> Thoughts?
> Rusty.
>
>
Not sure whether we want to annotate the definition. I'd expect a hint
like that more in the general section.
