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Re: ibmvtpm byteswapping inconsistency

From Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: ibmvtpm byteswapping inconsistency
Date 2017-01-31 09:40 +0100
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Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
> On 01/29/2017 08:32 PM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
>> Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
>>>
>>> Byte  |   0   |   1   |   2   |   3   |   4   |   5   |   6   |   7
>>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Word0 | Valid | Type  |     Length    |              Data
>>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Word1 |				Reserved
>>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> The following definition looks to match:
>>>
>>> struct ibmvtpm_crq {
>>>         u8 valid;
>>>         u8 msg;
>>>         __be16 len;
>>>         __be32 data;
>>>         __be64 reserved;
>>> } __attribute__((packed, aligned(8)));
>> 
>> Well it's a partial match.
>> 
>> Your layout above doesn't define which byte of Length or Data is the MSB
>> or LSB. So going by that we still don't know the endianness of either
>
> I should have been explicit that PAPR uses Big Endian bit and byte
> numbering throughout the spec unless otherwise noted.

OK. I didn't actually remember that so yeah good to be explicit.

cheers

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ibmvtpm byteswapping inconsistency Michal Suchánek <msuchanek@suse.de> - 2017-01-26 21:30 +0100
  Re: ibmvtpm byteswapping inconsistency Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com> - 2017-01-26 23:10 +0100
    Re: ibmvtpm byteswapping inconsistency Michal Suchanek <hramrach@gmail.com> - 2017-01-26 23:50 +0100
    Re: ibmvtpm byteswapping inconsistency Ashley Lai <ashleydlai@gmail.com> - 2017-01-27 00:00 +0100
      Re: ibmvtpm byteswapping inconsistency Vicky <honclo@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2017-02-02 05:50 +0100
        Re: ibmvtpm byteswapping inconsistency Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> - 2017-02-02 12:00 +0100
        Re: ibmvtpm byteswapping inconsistency Michal Suchánek <msuchanek@suse.de> - 2017-02-02 12:50 +0100
          RE: ibmvtpm byteswapping inconsistency David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM> - 2017-02-02 16:20 +0100
  Re: ibmvtpm byteswapping inconsistency Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2017-01-27 02:50 +0100
    Re: ibmvtpm byteswapping inconsistency Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> - 2017-01-27 03:50 +0100
      Re: ibmvtpm byteswapping inconsistency Michal Suchanek <hramrach@gmail.com> - 2017-01-27 11:10 +0100
        Re: ibmvtpm byteswapping inconsistency Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2017-01-28 02:00 +0100
          Re: ibmvtpm byteswapping inconsistency Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> - 2017-01-30 05:40 +0100
            Re: ibmvtpm byteswapping inconsistency Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2017-01-30 21:40 +0100
              Re: ibmvtpm byteswapping inconsistency Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> - 2017-01-31 09:40 +0100
      Re: ibmvtpm byteswapping inconsistency Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2017-01-27 21:30 +0100
        Re: ibmvtpm byteswapping inconsistency Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> - 2017-01-27 21:50 +0100
          Re: ibmvtpm byteswapping inconsistency Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2017-01-28 00:50 +0100
            Re: ibmvtpm byteswapping inconsistency msuchanek <msuchanek@suse.de> - 2017-01-28 01:40 +0100
            Re: ibmvtpm byteswapping inconsistency Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> - 2017-01-28 05:40 +0100
        RE: ibmvtpm byteswapping inconsistency David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM> - 2017-01-30 15:50 +0100
  RE: ibmvtpm byteswapping inconsistency David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM> - 2017-01-27 12:50 +0100

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