> On Sat, 12 Jan 2002, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > c_chksum 8 bytes CRC of data field if c_magic is 070702
>
> + or "00000000" if it's 070701. Kernel
> + is not expected to verify it in any case.
Why is the kernel not expected to check the data integrity? Usually
end to end data integrity is important. And a check on the data integrity
and tells us that either the bootloader or the hardware is messed up
can save hours of debugging?
Eric
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