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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] 0/3] Update xentrace to be compatable with PPC.

To: "Li, Xin B" <xin.b.li@xxxxxxxxx>, Tony Breeds <tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] 0/3] Update xentrace to be compatable with PPC.
From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 07:56:17 +0000
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On 29/11/06 6:30 am, "Li, Xin B" <xin.b.li@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> For backwards compatability? (so you can read your current files with
>> new tools?)  or do you need to write 64bit data to disk?
>> 
> 
> Write 64bit data to disk.

Let's write native-endian long values into the memory buffer, then have the
tool turn that into network-endian 64-bit values on disc.

 -- Keir



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