linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 2/3] libcrc32c: Expose big-endian version of crc32c

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Message-ID: <20110929000200.GR12086@tux1.beaverton.ibm.com>
Date:	Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:02:00 -0700
From:	"Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...ibm.com>
To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:	Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Bob Pearson <rpearson@...temfabricworks.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Mingming Cao <cmm@...ibm.com>,
	linux-crypto <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] libcrc32c: Expose big-endian version of crc32c

On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 09:51:45AM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 01:53:59PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 03:12:53PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> > > Provide a big-endian version of crc32c for modules that want it.
> > 
> > Who is going to use this?
> 
> Well, I was using it for jbd2 ... but since you ask, it seems to work just as
> well with crc32c-le, so I think I'll just drop the -be version.

Drat, it's also missing the gen_crc32ctable program.  Sorry for the noise; I'll
resend it.  With the -be parts stripped out I can remove all but the first
patch, which cuts down the code changes considerably.

--D
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