linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 17/27] add generic lib/checksum.c

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Date:	Fri, 1 May 2009 00:35:47 +0200
From:	Jan-Benedict Glaw <jbglaw@...-owl.de>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, Michal Simek <monstr@...str.eu>,
	Remis Lima Baima <remis.developer@...glemail.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 17/27] add generic lib/checksum.c

On Tue, 2009-03-31 15:30:31 +0200, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> Add a generic (unoptimized) implementation of checksum.c in pure C
> for use by all architectures.
> 
> Based on microblaze code by Michal Simek <monstr@...str.eu>
> 
> Cc: Michal Simek <monstr@...str.eu>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Signed-off-by: Remis Lima Baima <remis.developer@...glemail.com>
> ---
>  include/asm-generic/checksum.h |   79 +++++++++++++++++
>  lib/Makefile                   |    2 +
>  lib/checksum.c                 |  188 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 269 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 include/asm-generic/checksum.h
>  create mode 100644 lib/checksum.c
> 
> diff --git a/lib/checksum.c b/lib/checksum.c
                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..4f80a4d
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/lib/checksum.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
> +/*
> + * arch/microblaze/lib/checksum.c
      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> + *
> + * Copyright (C) 2008 Michal Simek <monstr@...str.eu>

I haven't looked at the code in detail, but it would be nice to see it
show up soon. Just faced the IP checksumming code while resurrecting
the VAX port.

MfG, JBG

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