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@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Construction Parameters
<data_block_size> <hash_block_size>
<num_data_blocks> <hash_start_block>
<algorithm> <digest> <salt>
+ [<#opt_params> <opt_params>]
<version>
This is the type of the on-disk hash format.
@@ -62,6 +63,22 @@ Construction Parameters
<salt>
The hexadecimal encoding of the salt value.
+<#opt_params>
+ Number of optional parameters. If there are no optional parameters,
+ the optional paramaters section can be skipped or #opt_params can be zero.
+ Otherwise #opt_params is the number of following arguments.
+
+ Example of optional parameters section:
+ 1 ignore_corruption
+
+ignore_corruption
+ Log corrupted blocks, but allow read operations to proceed normally.
+
+restart_on_corruption
+ Restart the system when a corrupted block is discovered. This option is
+ not compatible with ignore_corruption and requires user space support to
+ avoid restart loops.
+
Theory of operation
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