[syslinux] Checking CRC (of bzImage) before loading

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 03/19/2014 04:10 PM, Gene Cumm wrote:
> On Mar 19, 2014 5:22 PM, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor.com
> <mailto:hpa at zytor.com>> wrote:
> 
>> Or we could make the Linux loader (load_linux.c) throw an error on a bad
>> CRC, which is probably a good idea anyway.  Then the ONERROR option can
>> be used for the fallback.
>>
>>         -hpa
> 
> Sounds like an excellent idea.  Should linux.c32 get an override option
> (in case of a non-compliant kernel-like binary)?
> 

It would probably be a good idea.  Most such binaries will probably have
an older protocol number (no CRC), but an override seems sane at least.

	-hpa