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

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Message-ID: <20080804072015.0fcd23e7@infradead.org>
Date:	Mon, 4 Aug 2008 07:20:15 -0700
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	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, 4 Aug 2008 22:04:35 +0800
Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au> wrote:

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

isn't it a bit heavy for something as simple as a crc?
(which after all is one instruction now ;0)


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