Re: [PATCH 03/10] define ELF notes for adding to a boot image

Andrew Morton
2007-06-26T20:19:26Z

On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:40:31 -0700
Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org> wrote:

> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> >
> >> +#define EIN_PROGRAM_CHECKSUM 3 /* ip style checksum of the memory image. */
> >>
> >
> > Why on earth use one of the weakest verificants in common use?
>
> I don't know. I copied this stuff from the original relocatable kernel
> patches; I think this is from Vivek. Eric, Vivek: is there a specific
> use for these notes?
>

ping?

Jeremy, I'll duck these patches for now, sorry. Mainly on
i-already-have-enough-x86-stuff grounds.

There's a bit of overlap between this work and git-newsetup, but nothing
particularly serious-looking.