Re: [patch 32/43] lguest: Virtio interface

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On Wednesday 10 October 2007 18:50:48 Christian Borntraeger wrote:
> Hi Rusty,
>
> I have a late question :-)
>
> > There is also a generic implementation of config space which drivers can
> > query to get setup information from the host.
>
> After thinking about that for a while, is there a special reason the config
> field is defined as little endian? The only reason I can come up with, is
> to use virtio for cross platform emulators, lets say a ppc emulates an x86
> system with virtio devices instead of real ones.
>
> Do you have other reasons for a fixed endianess?

Other people came up with really good reasons, but in fact it was because PCI 
is little-endian.  If someone found a compelling counter-argument, I'd change 
it.

Cheers,
Rusty.
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