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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/romfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/romfs.txt index 32a14e68b..7df713201 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/romfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/romfs.txt @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ genromfs. It is available via anonymous ftp on sunsite.unc.edu and its mirrors, in the /pub/Linux/system/recovery/ directory. As the name suggests, romfs could be also used (space-efficiently) on -various read-only medias, like (E)EPROM disks if someone will have the +various read-only media, like (E)EPROM disks if someone will have the motivation.. :) However, the main purpose of romfs is to have a very small kernel, @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ The first eight bytes identify the filesystem, even for the casual inspector. After that, in the 3rd longword, it contains the number of bytes accessible from the start of this filesystem. The 4th longword is the checksum of the first 512 bytes (or the number of bytes -accessible, whichever is smallest). The applied algorithm is the same +accessible, whichever is smaller). The applied algorithm is the same as in the AFFS filesystem, namely a simple sum of the longwords (assuming bigendian quantities again). For details, please consult the source. This algorithm was chosen because although it's not quite |