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[2/2] bitmap-format.txt: add information for trailing checksum

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Series bitmap-format.txt: fix some formatting issues and include checksum info | expand

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Abhradeep Chakraborty June 2, 2022, 1:52 p.m. UTC 
From: Abhradeep Chakraborty <chakrabortyabhradeep79@gmail.com>

Bitmap file has a trailing checksum at the end of the file. However
there is no information in the bitmap-format documentation about it.

Add a trailer section to include the trailing checksum info in the
`Documentation/technical/bitmap-format.txt` file.

Signed-off-by: Abhradeep Chakraborty <chakrabortyabhradeep79@gmail.com>
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 Documentation/technical/bitmap-format.txt | 4 ++++
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diff --git a/Documentation/technical/bitmap-format.txt b/Documentation/technical/bitmap-format.txt
index 110d7ddf8ed..6846e7221a7 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/bitmap-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/bitmap-format.txt
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@  MIDXs, both the bit-cache and rev-cache extensions are required.
 
 			** The compressed bitmap itself, see Appendix A.
 
+	* TRAILER:
+
+		Index checksum of the above contents.
+
 == Appendix A: Serialization format for an EWAH bitmap
 
 Ewah bitmaps are serialized in the same protocol as the JAVAEWAH