Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 20 Feb 2020 12:14:31 -0500 | From | Steven Rostedt <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 4/8] bootconfig: Remove unneeded checksum |
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On Thu, 20 Feb 2020 21:19:02 +0900 Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> wrote:
> Remove checksum of bootconfig because we already use a magic > word to identify bootconfig. This checksum was used for > checking whether there is a bootconfig at the end of initrd > or not. Since we have a bootconfig magic word to identify > the bootconfig data, we do not this checksum anymore. > > Thus the block image of the initrd file with bootconfig is > as follows. > > [initrd][bootconfig][size(u32)][#BOOTCONFIG\n] > > Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> > --- >
Hmm, I think the checksum is still good to have, in case of a corrupted file. Does it hurt to keep it?
-- Steve
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