From 7e58b8bfd86eea7b2929f2ee37dad7e167e11500 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mathieu Desnoyers Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 10:31:37 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Clarify trace byte_order Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers --- common-trace-format-specification.txt | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) 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 -- 2.34.1