Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: initramfs buffer spec -- second draft | From | (Eric W. Biederman) | Date | 13 Jan 2002 12:53:26 -0700 |
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"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?
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.
I do like having a c_magic that at least allows us to change things in the future if necessary.
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