Software Update:MAR: Difference between revisions

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Additional MAR file sections may defined in the future.  These sections must follow directly after the SIGNATURES section.   
Additional MAR file sections may defined in the future.  These sections must follow directly after the SIGNATURES section.   


Each additional block must be in the following format:
Each additional block must be in the format described above.
 
4 bytes: Block separator with a value of 0 (To disambiguate from the INDEX block)
4 bytes: Block identifier
4 bytes: Block size (Z)
Z bytes: The rest of the block.


The block separator is so the MAR reader code knows whether it is reading an additional block or if it is reading the INDEX.IndexSize.
The block separator is so the MAR reader code knows whether it is reading an additional block or if it is reading the INDEX.IndexSize.
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