Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 13 Jan 2002 15:39:43 -0500 (EST) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: initramfs buffer spec -- second draft |
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On 13 Jan 2002, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> writes: > > > This is an update to the initramfs buffer format spec I posted > > earlier. The changes are as follows: > > Comments. Endian issues are not specified, is the data little, big > or vax endian?
Data is what you put into files, byte-by-byte. Headers are ASCII.
> What is the point of alignment? If the data starts as 4 byte aligned, > the 6 byte magic string guarantees the data will be only 2 byte > aligned. This isn't good for 32 or 64 bit architectures.
Both data and headers are aligned. And headers are ascii strings.
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