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diff --git a/src/include/ipxe/uuid.h b/src/include/ipxe/uuid.h
index 5de56b94e..ad515d0cb 100644
--- a/src/include/ipxe/uuid.h
+++ b/src/include/ipxe/uuid.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
FILE_LICENCE ( GPL2_OR_LATER );
#include <stdint.h>
+#include <byteswap.h>
/** A universally unique ID */
union uuid {
@@ -28,6 +29,24 @@ union uuid {
uint8_t raw[16];
};
+/**
+ * Change UUID endianness
+ *
+ * @v uuid UUID
+ *
+ * RFC4122 defines UUIDs as being encoded in network byte order, but
+ * leaves some wriggle room for "explicit application or presentation
+ * protocol specification to the contrary". PXE, EFI and SMBIOS
+ * (versions 2.6 and above) treat the first three fields as being
+ * little-endian.
+ */
+static inline void uuid_mangle ( union uuid *uuid ) {
+
+ __bswap_32s ( &uuid->canonical.a );
+ __bswap_16s ( &uuid->canonical.b );
+ __bswap_16s ( &uuid->canonical.c );
+}
+
extern char * uuid_ntoa ( const union uuid *uuid );
#endif /* _IPXE_UUID_H */