Re: initramfs buffer spec -- second draft

[Alexander Viro]

On 13 Jan 2002, Eric W. Biederman wrote:

> "H. Peter Anvin" <[e-mail]> 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.