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The loopback image is configured to function as a disk by being mapped as a block device. Instead of measuring the entire block device we should focus on tracking the individual files accessed from it. For example, we do not directly measure block devices like hd0 disk but the files opened from it. This method is important to avoid running out of memory since loopback images can be very large. Trying to read and measure the whole image at once could cause out of memory errors and disrupt the boot process. Signed-off-by: Michael Chang <mchang@suse.com> Reviewed-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@oracle.com>
This is GRUB 2, the second version of the GRand Unified Bootloader. GRUB 2 is rewritten from scratch to make GNU GRUB cleaner, safer, more robust, more powerful, and more portable. See the file NEWS for a description of recent changes to GRUB 2. See the file INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install the GRUB 2 data and program files. See the file MAINTAINERS for information about the GRUB maintainers, etc. If you found a security vulnerability in the GRUB please check the SECURITY file to get more information how to properly report this kind of bugs to the maintainers. Please visit the official web page of GRUB 2, for more information. The URL is <http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub.html>. More extensive documentation is available in the Info manual, accessible using 'info grub' after building and installing GRUB 2. There are a number of important user-visible differences from the first version of GRUB, now known as GRUB Legacy. For a summary, please see: info grub Introduction 'Changes from GRUB Legacy'