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

[Randy Dunlap]

Ian Campbell wrote:
> 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.

Fine, thanks.

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~Randy
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