linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/7] omfs: add checksumming routines

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Message-ID: <20080327122404.GB10265@hash.localnet>
Date:	Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:24:04 -0400
From:	Bob Copeland <me@...copeland.com>
To:	Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7] omfs: add checksumming routines

On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 06:22:01PM -0700, Harvey Harrison wrote:
> > +/*
> > + * crc-ccitt with MSB first (i.e., backwards), so we can't use the
> > + * kernel table as-is.
> > + */
> 
> Why not just add a be-bitwise table, similar to the crc32_le and
> crc32_be implementation.

Yeah, that is probably a better idea.  I didn't do it before since
this lived outside the tree and I didn't want to patch the kernel.

Will that add 1k for everyone?

-- 
Bob Copeland %% www.bobcopeland.com 

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