Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757950AbYBFU7Z (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Feb 2008 15:59:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756359AbYBFU7Q (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Feb 2008 15:59:16 -0500 Received: from mtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com ([81.103.221.47]:54600 "EHLO mtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757009AbYBFU7P (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Feb 2008 15:59:15 -0500 From: Ian Campbell To: Randy Dunlap Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar In-Reply-To: <20080205170939.10085936.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> References: <1201815920-24669-1-git-send-email-ijc@hellion.org.uk> <1201815920-24669-2-git-send-email-ijc@hellion.org.uk> <1201815920-24669-3-git-send-email-ijc@hellion.org.uk> <47A24765.3070300@zytor.com> <1201856568.3804.8.camel@cthulhu.hellion.org.uk> <20080205170939.10085936.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:58:59 +0000 Message-Id: <1202331539.7333.9.camel@cthulhu.hellion.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 192.168.1.181 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ijc@hellion.org.uk Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: add a crc32 checksum to the kernel image. X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:23:22 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on hopkins.hellion.org.uk) X-Cloudmark-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=GH9t1naC91kA:10 a=frweXNZgSzYHrrxySyutIQ==:17 a=i5hZOBjDUlFRciee8FUA:9 a=v0-GX6D0azZ3pQZ0V80FNRDbvfwA:4 a=WuK_CZDBSqoA:10 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1159 Lines: 36 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. -- Ian Campbell If the master dies and the disciple grieves, the lives of both have been wasted. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/