Re: cramfs problems, also file(1)

[David Schleef <ds@schleef.org>]

On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 02:03:57PM +0200, Russell Coker wrote:
> 
> Also I have just submitted a wishlist bug against the file package to have 
> the following added to the magic list.  Did I get it right for big endian?
> 
> # cramfs filesystem
> 0       long    0x28cd3d45    Linux Compressed ROM File System, little endian
> 0       long    0x453dcd28    Linux Compressed ROM File System, big endian


According to Linus, big endian cramfs doesn't exist.  But then,
since people are using big endian cramfs, and he hasn't accepted
my (or anyone else's) patches for LE cramfs on BE hosts, it's
likely to stay.  A warning might be in order, though.



dave...