From: Mathieu Desnoyers Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:31:37 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Clarify trace byte_order X-Git-Tag: v1.8.3~24 X-Git-Url: http://git.efficios.com/?p=ctf.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=7e58b8bfd86eea7b2929f2ee37dad7e167e11500 Clarify trace byte_order Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers --- diff --git a/common-trace-format-specification.txt b/common-trace-format-specification.txt index 1cd3c3d..4ab3ed9 100644 --- a/common-trace-format-specification.txt +++ b/common-trace-format-specification.txt @@ -181,6 +181,11 @@ TSDL meta-data representation: byte_order = native OR network OR be OR le; /* network and be are aliases */ +Even though the trace description section is not per se a type, for sake +of clarity, it should be noted that native and network byte orders are +only allowed within type declaration. The byte_order specified in the +trace description section only accepts be OR le values. + 4.1.4 Size Type size, in bits, for integers and floats is that returned by "sizeof()" in C