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Message-ID: <47AA203D.3010500@oracle.com>
Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:01:49 -0800
From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To: Ian Campbell <ijc@...lion.org.uk>
CC: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: add a crc32 checksum to the kernel image.
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.
--
~Randy
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