linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: add a crc32 checksum to the kernel image.

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Message-ID: <47A2B21E.2090508@davidnewall.com>
Date:	Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:16:06 +1030
From:	David Newall <davidn@...idnewall.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
CC:	Ian Campbell <ijc@...lion.org.uk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: add a crc32 checksum to the kernel image.

H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> David Newall wrote:
>> Isn't a crc32 calculation already defined?  Yes; in lib/crc32.c.  One is
>> surely enough.
>
> As long as it can be included in user-space code we should use that one. 

You're right.  I misread the patch.  I thought the calculation was being
added to kernel code.
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