What would be the point? You would just know that the data is invalid. You couldn’t fix it
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deegeese@sopuli.xyz 10 hours agoSo?
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 9 hours ago
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 9 hours ago
Use the checksum to correct the read, just like always. You don’t repair damaged ROM anyway.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 8 hours ago
You can’t
That’s not what a checksum is
DaPorkchop_@lemmy.ml 56 minutes ago
They probably mean EC code? That said, you can use checksums to “correct” errors if you have redundant copies of the data (by reading from the other copy if one copy has a bad checksum)
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 8 hours ago
Don’t make me show you the wikipedia article.
GBU_28@lemm.ee 9 hours ago
Say checksum again
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 8 hours ago
Checksum
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GBU_28@lemm.ee 7 hours ago
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