Re: initramfs buffer spec -- second draft

Eric W. Biederman (ebiederm@xmission.com)
13 Jan 2002 12:53:26 -0700


"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.

Eric
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