Re: [PATCH] x86: add a crc32 checksum to the kernel image.

From: Ian Campbell
Date: Wed Feb 06 2008 - 15:59:27 EST



On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 17:09 -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On Fri, 01 Feb 2008 09:02:48 +0000 Ian Campbell wrote:
> >
> > +**** THE IMAGE CHECKSUM
> > +
> > +The CRC-32 is calculated over the entire file using an initial
> > +remainder of 0xffffffff. The checksum is appended to the file
>
> Run-on sentences.
> Use period (full stop) or semi-colon at end of above sentence.
> If using a period, capitalize the next word. Thanks.
>
>
> > +therefore the CRC of the file up to the limit specified in the syssize
> > +field of the header is always 0.

Thanks. I went with:

+The CRC-32 is calculated over the entire file using an initial
+remainder of 0xffffffff. The checksum is appended to the file;
+therefore the CRC of the file up to the limit specified in the syssize
+field of the header is always 0.


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Ian Campbell

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