linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Using Intel CRC32 instruction to accelerate CRC32c algorithm by new crypto API.

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Date:	Mon, 4 Aug 2008 22:04:35 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Cc:	Austin Zhang <austin_zhang@...ux.intel.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Using Intel CRC32 instruction to accelerate CRC32c algorithm by new crypto API.

On Mon, Aug 04, 2008 at 11:45:26AM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
> 
> Are we deprecating libcrc32c, then? Or just turning it into a wrapper
> around the crypto code?

It will be removed.

> Either way, does it really make sense to force all crc32 users to pull
> in the whole crypto framework? Some may get fractious about that...

There only three crc32c users in the kernel tree and the crypto
interface will serve the perfectly.

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