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Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.0.999.0903261354380.6387@be1.lrz> Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:56:24 +0100 (CET) From: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@....de> To: Andreas Robinson <andr345@...il.com> cc: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@....de>, Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: fastboot: unpacking initramfs faster On Thu, 26 Mar 2009, Andreas Robinson wrote: > On Thu, 2009-03-26 at 12:26 +0100, Bodo Eggert wrote: > > On Thu, 26 Mar 2009, Andreas Robinson wrote: > > > On Tue, 2009-03-24 at 23:11 +0100, Bodo Eggert wrote: > [snip] > > > > Why not make a new set? http://7eggert.dyndns.org:8080/l/bgz.tar.gz > The file permissions are wrong, I'm not allowed to download it. fixed > > Thinking about it: It's now very kernel-specific, other users might like a > > block signature to make it robust against errors - e.g. in the middle of a > > .tar.bgz file. I think I'll change that soon and put 0x55aa in front of > > each block. > > I think we'll want an optional checksum of the compressed data. > Suppose bit 32 in the compressed block size field is set, the next field > is the block's Adler32 checksum. > (the adler32 source is in include/linux/zutil.h) I will think about it. -- Funny quotes: 5. 99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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