On Fri, 01 Feb 2008 09:02:48 +0000 Ian Campbell wrote: > --- > >From 1c614383dc9cb0c7791ebab386dc012db336b28c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Ian Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 09:01:22 +0000 > Subject: [PATCH] x86: add a crc32 checksum to the kernel image. > > Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: H. Peter Anvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > --- > Documentation/i386/boot.txt | 7 +++ > arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c | 88 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- > 2 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/i386/boot.txt b/Documentation/i386/boot.txt > index b5f5ba1..f853d49 100644 > --- a/Documentation/i386/boot.txt > +++ b/Documentation/i386/boot.txt > @@ -531,6 +531,13 @@ Protocol: 2.08+ > > The length of the compressed payload. > > +**** 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. > + > **** THE KERNEL COMMAND LINE > > The kernel command line has become an important way for the boot --- ~Randy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
